San Diego Birth Injury Lawyers
Under ideal conditions, the birth of a child occurs without any sort of complication. Expectant parents are relieved that their new child has been born healthy and without defect, and can only hope that the rest of their lives are as mistake-free. However, the sad truth of the matter is that many children each year are born with birth injuries, many of which could have been preventable, or at least not as severe, had adequate medical treatment been properly administered during pre-natal care sessions and the actual birthing process itself.
Birth injuries can take on a variety of forms, including:
- Bruising, swelling, and forcep scarring, but these injuries typically fully heal after about a month after the baby has been born
- Loss of body control and muscular function resulting from damaged nerves, that can either heal or permanently be impaired if the nerves are torn
- Facial paralysis can result if facial nerves are damaged during the birthing process, and such damage could require surgery to repair
- Erb’s Palsy can affect a newborn if the nerves in the shoulder are injured during delivery, particularly if the baby’s arm is pulled on excessively by the delivery doctor
- Cerebral Palsy is caused by brain trauma that is sustained when the oxygen supply to the brain is affected somehow during the birthing process, possibly because of forcep misusage or the baby remaining in the birth canal too long
All birth injuries can have serious repercussions on a child’s overall well-being and quality of life for years to come. While there are birth injuries that are caused by genetic abnormalities that cannot be prevented, only rigorously treated to ensure a better quality of life for one’s child, there are a host of other injuries that proper medical care could have prevented. We trust doctors and physicians with our well-being, and that trust transfers over to our unborn children. We expect the quality of care received during childbirth to be exemplary, and for physicians to have the knowledge and foresight to act quickly and appropriately in the event that birthing complication arises.
If your child has been the victim of a birth injury, and you feel as though shoddy medical care either before or during the birthing process played a contributing factor in your child’s injury, do not hesitate to contact a skilled San Diego birth injury attorney. It is of the utmost importance for all of the circumstances of your child’s birth to be examined by a legal professional who can help you hold physicians and other medical personnel accountable for their negligent actions. Don’t hesitate to contact Steven Elia today for a free case consultation, and he will civily prosecute the negligent party to hold them accountable for your child’s injury. Steven Elia is dedicated to seeking compensatory damages on your behalf to help cover the costs associated with your accident, such as medical bills, physical therapy fees, and other expenses related to the possible life-long treatment required to counteract your child’s birth injury.