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Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child has an abnormality in their birth caused by negligence you may be entitled to damages. These damages include medical costs or lost income as well as punitive damages in certain cases.

A Pompano Beach injury attorney can help you recover compensation to cover the costs of your child's injuries as well as future medical expenses. Common causes of birth defects are medical malpractice, defective drugs and toxic exposure.

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals who treat your children can be a significant influence on your family's future. If they make a misstep that causes birth defects or injuries the child could be subject to years of financial stress and emotional and physical challenges throughout their life.

Birth injury lawyers can help you file a claim for compensation against the people accountable for your child's medical issues. This could be a hospital, doctor or even something that occurred before your child was born. A Queens birth defects attorney will analyze your case and provide you with valuable information and connect you with medical experts who will examine the evidence.

A doctor might make a mistake which leads to a birth defect for instance the prescription of medication which increased the risk of the condition in your baby or when they failed to carry out certain tests or screenings during pregnancy. These are all examples of medical malpractice which may be grounds for a suit. If you think that a medical error caused a birth defect in your child, you may be entitled to compensation for your past and future health-related expenses. A successful lawsuit could also compensate you for your loss of income, emotional stress or any other loss which you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

Prescription drugs, over the counter medications, chemical exposures at home or at work and environmental hazards are all at fault for a variety of birth defects. Unfortunately, the cost of these medical conditions is staggering. Parents often wonder how their child's condition occurred and what to do when the bills pile up for costly treatments and procedures.

Drug manufacturers must test their products rigorously before they sell their products, and are expected to anticipate any potential side effects. If they fail to follow this procedure and are found to be negligent, they could be responsible for any lawsuits filed by consumers affected. An experienced birth defect lawyer can help determine whether a defective medication may be to blame for the health issues of your child.

If you suspect that the birth defect you are seeing in your child is due to the use of a medication, keep track of your symptoms and save the packaging and receipts. You should also record the date you first began to notice symptoms in your child. This information is crucial in determining the statutes of limitations.

You have one year to file a suit if your child was exposed an intoxicant that caused the condition. An experienced birth defect attorney can assist you in constructing an impressive case and help you ensure that your child's rights are secured. They can also assist you find the financial help you need to cover the cost of treatment.

Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

Birth defects are serious issues that alter the structure of the child's body. They may be caused by environmental toxins, the side effects of certain medications or genetic or chromosomal disorders.

Levy Konigsberg LLP's team is committed to helping families better understand what causes birth defects and how they can pursue compensation from the responsible parties. Our attorneys work with medical experts to determine if a birth defect is caused by exposure to chemicals or environmental factors.

The managing partner and senior trial lawyer David Strouss is a leader in birth defect litigation. He defends clients against large corporations that exposed them to harmful chemicals. He has handled thousands of cases in the United States and around the globe. He prosecuted some of the first birth defect lawsuits that involved glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing and in the agricultural industries; pesticide spray or drift exposures by crop dusters, as well as exposure to heavy metals like lead.

Victoria Phillips focuses on complex product liability litigation and birth defect cases. She graduated from Williams College with a magna sum laude and Columbia Law School. She was an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan's District Attorney's Office before joining the firm. She has secured millions of dollars in settlements for clients and is an expert in all types litigation including mass tort and class action claims.

Product Liability

Birth injuries and defects still occur despite the fact that modern medical technology has drastically reduced the risk of pregnancy. These problems can have a major impact on the quality of life of infants and their parents.

While many birth defects and injuries result from environmental or genetic factors, they also can result from the carelessness of health professionals during the pregnancy or during delivery. These mistakes include prescribing the wrong medication or not monitoring the mother for signs prenatal damage.

It can be difficult to distinguish between a birth injury or a birth defect. Although birth injuries can occur during labor and delivery and birth defects are a result of the womb and usually cause long-term damage to the fetus's overall body structure or function.

If a child is born with an anomaly in the birth due to someone else's negligent action or inability to act and act accordingly, the child may be entitled to compensation. The compensation is paid to the victim and is stored in trust for the benefit of the child.

Our Queens birth defects lawyers at Phillips & Paolicelli focus on environmental causes and work with a nationwide network of lawyers to investigate claims of exposure to teratogens chemical that have been linked to developmental delays and congenital disabilities. The managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her 30 years of legal experience to bringing justice to women exposed to arsenic and mercury and other toxic heavy metals and chemicals that can cause birth defects and reproductive issues in infants.