Birth Defect Attorneys

If you have a child with an anomaly in the birth caused by negligence and/or carelessness, then you're entitled to compensation. These damages could include medical costs as well as lost wages and punitive damages in some instances.

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

Medical Malpractice

The medical professionals who care for your child could have significant influence on the future of your family. If they make a mistake that leads to birth defects or injuries, your child could face years of financial hardship and emotional and physical struggles throughout their lives.

Birth injury lawyers can assist you make a claim for compensation against the people accountable for your child's medical issues. It could be a medical professional, a hospital, or something that happened before your child was born. A Queens birth defect attorney can examine your case, offer important insights, and connect with medical experts who will examine the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake which leads to a birth defect for instance when they prescribed medication that increased the chance of your baby's illness or in the event that they failed to perform certain tests and screenings in pregnancy. These are instances of medical negligence that could be cause for a lawsuit. If your child suffers from a birth defect which you believe is due to an error in medical care You are entitled to compensation to cover past and future expenses relating to your baby's health care. A successful lawsuit may also be compensated for the loss of income, your emotional distress, and any other losses that you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

Prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, chemical exposure at home or at work and environmental hazards are all causes of many birth defects. Unfortunately, these medical issues are very expensive. Parents often wonder what caused their child's health condition and what to do when the bills for expensive procedures and treatments pile up.

Drug manufacturers must test their products thoroughly before they sell their products and must be aware of any possible adverse effects. If they fail to follow this procedure and fail to do so, they could be held accountable for any product liability lawsuits filed by consumers affected. A birth defect lawyer can help determine if a medication that is defective is the reason for the health issues of your child.

If you suspect that your child's birth defect could be linked to a specific drug start by recording your symptoms and saving the medications' packaging and receipts. You should also note the date that you first noticed symptoms in your child. This information is essential for determining the statute of limitations.

You have a year to file a lawsuit in the event that your child was exposed to any toxic substance that caused the condition. An experienced birth defect attorney can help you create an impressive case and ensure that your child's rights are secured. They can also provide the financial aid you need to cover the cost of treatment.

Exposure to toxic substances

Birth defects are serious conditions which affect the structure of parts of a child's body. The effects of environmental toxins, certain medications, genetic or chromosomal defects and other factors may cause birth defects.

The team at Levy Konigsberg LLP is dedicated to helping families understand the cause of birth defect lawsuits defects and how they can seek compensation from the responsible parties. Our lawyers work with a network of medical experts to determine if the particular birth defect is due to exposure to chemicals or other environmental factors.

Senior trial lawyer David Strouss is a leader in birth defect litigation, representing clients against large corporations that exposed the children to harmful chemicals. He has handled thousands of cases across the nation and around the world. He was the prosecutor in some of the first birth defect lawsuits involving glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing as well as in the agricultural industries; pesticide spray or drift exposures caused by crop dusters, as well as exposure to heavy metals, such as lead.

Victoria Phillips concentrates on complex litigation concerning product liability, including 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 her clients. She is skilled in all forms of litigation, including class action and mass tort claims.

Product Liability

Birth injuries and defects continue to occur despite the fact that modern medical technology has significantly reduced the risk of pregnancy. These conditions can have a major impact on the quality of life for infants and their parents.

While many birth defects and injuries result from environmental or genetic factors, they may also be the result of the negligence of health professionals during the pregnancy or during delivery. These mistakes can be caused by prescribing the wrong medications or not checking the mother for indications of prenatal damage.

It is sometimes difficult to differentiate 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. They usually affect the body of the fetus' structure or function.

If a child is born with defects in the birth process due to someone else's negligent decision or inaction the way it should, the child could be entitled to compensation. This compensation is awarded to the person who was injured and placed in trust for the child's benefit.

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect attorneys concentrate on environmental causes of these disorders and collaborate with a national network of lawyers to investigate claims of exposure to teratogen chemical which are associated with congenital disabilities, developmental delays, and other grave birth defects. Managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her thirty years of legal career to exposing women who have been exposed to arsenic, mercury, and other toxic heavy chemical and metals that cause reproductive issues and birth defects in infants.