Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child is suffering from an anomaly in the birth caused by negligence and carelessness, you are entitled to damages. These damages can include medical expenses, lost income and punitive damages in some cases.

A Pompano Beach injury lawyer can help you recover compensation for injuries to your child and future medical expenses. Common causes of birth defects are medical malpractice, defective drugs, and toxic exposure.

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals who look after your children could have a significant impact on your family's future. If they make mistakes that result in birth defects or injuries, it could mean years of financial difficulties and an entire lifetime of physical and emotional challenges for your child.

Birth injury lawyers can help you in filing a claim to recover compensation against the party who are responsible for your child's medical problems. This could be a doctor, hospital or anything that happened before your child was born. A Queens birth defects attorney can review your situation and provide valuable insights, and connect you with medical experts who will examine the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake that can lead to a birth defect such as if he prescribed medication that increased your baby's chance of developing a condition or if he was unable to conduct certain screenings and tests during pregnancy. These are examples of medical malpractice which could be grounds for a lawsuit. If your child has an anomaly in the birth that you believe is caused by an error in medical care you are entitled to compensation to cover future and past expenses related to your baby's medical treatment. A successful lawsuit will also compensate you for the loss of income, your emotional stress, and any other losses you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

Many birth defects result from prescription drugs or over-the-counter medicines and chemical exposure at the workplace or home as well as other environmental hazards. Unfortunately, these medical conditions can be very costly. Parents often ask how their child's illness came about and where to turn, as bills pile up for costly treatments and procedures.

Drug manufacturers must test their products rigorously before they are sold and must anticipate any possible side effects. They could be held accountable for claims brought against them by consumers if they fail in this. A birth defect lawyer can help determine if a defective drug is the cause of the health complications of your child.

If you suspect that your child's birth defect is related to a specific drug begin by writing down your symptoms and saving the medicine packaging and receipts. You should also record the date that you first noticed your child's symptoms. This is essential to determining the time limit for filing a claim.

If your child was exposed to a harmful substance that contributed to their condition, you have only one year to bring a lawsuit. A birth defect lawyer can assist you to create a strong case and ensure that your child's legal rights are protected. They can also provide the financial support 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 can be caused by environmental toxins, the side effects of certain medications or chromosomal or genetic abnormalities.

The team at Levy Konigsberg LLP is dedicated to helping families understand the causes of birth defects and how they can pursue compensation from the responsible parties. Our lawyers work with a team of medical experts to determine whether the birth defect in question is due to exposure to chemicals or other environmental factors.

Senior trial lawyer David Strouss is a leader in birth defect litigation. He defends clients against major corporations that exposed them to toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands of cases in the United States and around the world. He was the lead plaintiff in a few of the earliest birth defect cases involving solvents used in semiconductor manufacturing, agricultural industries, and pesticides.

Victoria Phillips concentrates on complex product liability litigation, which includes 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 kinds of litigation, including mass tort and class action claims.

Product Liability

Birth injuries and defects continue to occur despite the fact that medical technology has significantly reduced the risk of pregnancy. These problems can have a significant impact on the lives of parents and infants.

While many birth injuries and birth defects are caused by environmental or genetic factors but they can also be the result of healthcare providers' negligence during pregnancy or the birth. These mistakes include prescribing the wrong medications or failing to monitor the mother for signs prenatal damage.

It can be difficult to distinguish between a birth injury or a birth defect. While birth injuries occur during labor and delivery and birth defects are a result of the womb. They usually affect the fetus's overall body structure or function.

If a child is born with a birth defect due to the negligence or inaction of another, they could be entitled to compensation. This compensation is awarded to the victim and is placed in trust for the child's benefit.

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect lawyers concentrate on the environmental causes of these disorders and work with a nationwide network of lawyers to investigate allegations of exposure to teratogen chemicals which are associated with developmental delays, congenital disabilities, and other grave birth defects. The managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her 30 years of legal practice to defending women exposed to mercury, arsenic, and other toxic heavy metals and chemicals that can cause birth defects and reproductive issues in children.