Was Your Baby Hurt During Delivery?

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At Pollack & Flanders, LLP, our attorneys have litigated many birth injury and other medical malpractice cases. We use this experience and our unassailable courtroom presence to our clients’ advantage.

Working Hard in Each Birth Injury Case
Birth injury cases are among the saddest and most preventable medical malpractice cases. They are sad because birth injuries may affect the health and functioning of an otherwise healthy child throughout his or her entire life. These cases are preventable in that the medical errors that cause such injuries are often entirely preventable by proper medical care and attention. An experienced Boston medical malpractice attorney can help you.

Most birth injuries are a result of a lack of oxygen or blood to the baby’s brain for a significant period of time. If blood and oxygen flow are cut off long enough, the results can be severe or even fatal. Examples of common birth injuries include cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, shoulder dystocia and other developmental delays. These injuries may cause damage to the heart, lungs, liver, intestines and kidneys, in addition to brain damage.

Fighting against the Physicians Responsible for Your Child’s Birth Injuries
If your child suffers from a birth injury, that injury may have been preventable by your attending physician. Physicians can often prevent birth injuries--or at least mitigate the damage from these injuries--by properly monitoring the mother during pregnancy using electronic fetal monitoring devices to monitor the baby’s heart and by managing any alarming conditions. If the physician observes any of the warning signs of birth injury, he or she should intervene when necessary by administering oxygen or fluids to the mother, changing the baby’s position or expediting delivery. Failure to take the proper action is medical malpractice, and any physician who fails to do so should be held accountable for this failure to act.

Pollack & Flanders, LLP, is prepared to take legal action against any physician who may have caused your child’s birth injuries. Contact a Boston medical malpractice lawyer at our firm today for assistance with your birth injury lawsuit.