How Birth Injuries Happen
When you make the decision to give birth in a hospital, you are putting your health and the health of your baby into the hands of the doctors and nurses who work there. You expect the utmost care, concern, and attention from those around you. You do not consider that even a small medical mistake can have devastating and lasting consequences for your family and baby.
Birth injuries can result from a number of errors and poor decisions. For example, a doctor may simply not act fast enough when a baby’s heart rate drops. Or a nurse may give a baby the wrong medication (or the wrong amount of medication). In other cases, a doctor may use too much force when extracting a baby with forceps or a vacuum.
In any instance in which your infant is harmed by medical personnel due to negligence or a preventable mistake, you may have grounds to file a Georgia birth injury claim.
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$750,000 $750k for Neck Injury Involving Commercial Vehicle
Neck Injury Involving Commercial Vehicle
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$450,000 $450k for a Family Who Suffered Serious Injuries in an Automobile Accident
For a Family Who Suffered Serious Injuries in an Automobile Accident
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$579,000 $579k for Passenger Involved in a Ride Share Car Accident
For a Client Who Was A Passenger Involved in a Ride Share Car Accident
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$150,000 $150k for Client Who Injured Knee in Accident When at Fault Driver Failed to Yield
For Client Who Injured Knee in Accident When at Fault Driver Failed to Yield
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$400,000 $400k for Neck & Back Injuries Sustained When Tractor Trailer Backed Out Improperly
For Neck & Back Injuries Sustained When Tractor Trailer Backed Out Improperly
Common Types of Birth Injuries
Birth injuries can be as minor as swelling or bruising that resolves on its own, or as catastrophic as paralysis, severe brain damage, and death. Nevertheless, whatever the severity of your infant’s birth injury, you have a right under the law to collect compensation for any birth injury that causes damage and loss. This could include:
- Fractures and broken bones
- Cerebral palsy
- Erb’s palsy
- Klumpke’s palsy
- Death
- Brain damage
- Nerve damage
- Facial paralysis
- Hemorrhage in the brain, skull, or eye
- Brachial plexus injuries (spinal cord injuries)
- Perinatal asphyxia (lack of oxygen during birth)
At Van Sant Law, we want you to know that in many cases, these birth injuries could have been avoided or minimized. As in medical malpractice cases, it is vital to find and document the factual cause of the incident. With labor and delivery mistakes, it is important to analyze fetal monitoring tapes, lab results, medical charts, and fetal PH scalp samplings. These and other records can be utilized to show who is at fault and who is legally responsible for compensating for the injury.
Our legal team will review all of the facts of your case and determine whether a medical mistake or medical negligence caused your baby’s injury. We will also determine how much your case may be worth.
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