Legal Rights in Connecticut After Birth Injuries
Labor and delivery are strenuous for both the mother and the infant. Never again in the infant's life will its body be flooded with so many stress-induced hormones, according to research cited by the Mayo Clinic. Given the difficult tasks that labor and delivery present for both mother and child, it is hardly surprising that newborn babies sometimes suffer small injuries — which almost always heal with time and treatment.
What is surprising, and inexcusable, is when negligence in the delivery room causes avoidable birth injuries. Medical malpractice by obstetrical doctors, delivery room nurses, anesthesiologists or midwives can change a family's entire future. Suddenly, the healthy infant everyone was expecting is an injured newborn looking forward to a lifetime of medical treatments and permanent physical or cognitive limitations.
Protective Advocacy for Families Regarding Medical Malpractice and Birth Injuries
Medical malpractice occurs when a doctor or other health care professional fails to act according to the accepted standards of the profession and serious harm occurs as a result. In the arena of birth injuries, infants can suffer major bruises, skull fractures or dislocated limbs due to medical negligence during delivery. If delivery room staff fail to attend to the fetal heart monitor or fail to take emergency steps to speed delivery of an at-risk baby, lifelong medical conditions such as cerebral palsy or Erb's palsy may be the avoidable and tragic result.
At The Pickel Law Firm, LLC, our Connecticut personal injury lawyers work compassionately and zealously with clients in the aftermath of birth injuries. Our goal in all birth injuries cases is to shoulder the burden of pursuing financial compensation on the families' behalf, giving the parents and extended families the time to deal with other critical concerns as well as the peace of mind that comes from knowing an experienced team of attorneys is taking every available step to secure financial security and justice.
Attorney Pickel has been Protecting Connecticut Families Since 1990
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Our law firm has a long successful track record. For many years, we have pursued financial compensation and a sense of justice served on behalf of clients in all manners of medical malpractice cases, including cases involving birth injuries to newborn infants.
In medical malpractice cases, our clients pay no attorneys' fees unless and until we recover a settlement or jury award on their behalf. Contact The Pickel Law Firm, LLC, today for a consultation.
