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Birth Defect Attorneys

If you have a child born with a birth defect caused by negligence, then you are entitled to compensation. These damages include medical costs, lost income and punitive damages, in certain instances.

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

Medical Malpractice

The medical professionals who treat your child can have an enormous impact on the future of your family. If they make a mistake that results in birth defects or injuries, your child could face years of financial stress and emotional and physical challenges throughout their lives.

Birth injury lawyers can help you bring a claim against the people who are responsible for the medical issues of your child, whether it is the hospital or doctor who committed a mistake during the labor and delivery process, or if the cause of your child's birth defect was something that happened to your baby before birth. A Queens birth defect attorney can analyze your case, provide important information, and connect you with medical experts who will examine the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake that can lead to a Birth Defect Law Firms defect such as the prescription of medication that increased your baby's chance of developing a condition or if he was unable to carry out certain screenings and tests during pregnancy. These are all instances of medical malpractice which may be grounds for a suit. If your child has an anomaly in the birth which you believe is caused by an error by a doctor you are entitled to compensation to cover the past and future expenses related to your child's medical care. A successful lawsuit can also be compensated for the loss of income, your emotional distress, and any other losses you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

Many birth defects are caused by prescription medications as well as over-the-counter drugs and chemical exposure at the workplace or home and other environmental hazards. Unfortunately, the cost of these medical conditions is enormous. Parents often wonder what caused the child's illness and where to turn if bills for expensive procedures and treatments pile up.

Medications are required to undergo rigorous testing prior to being put on the market, and manufacturers are expected to anticipate any potential side effects. They could be held accountable for product liability suits filed by consumers if they fail to do this. A birth defect lawyer can assist you to determine if a medication that is defective is the reason for the health issues of your child.

If you think that a birth defect in your child is due to medication, record your symptoms and save the packaging and receipts. It is also important to record the date that you first noticed symptoms in your child. This information is crucial to determining the statute of limitations for filing a claim.

If your child was exposed to a harmful substance that contributed to their condition, you have only one year to make a claim. A birth defect lawyer can assist you to build an effective case and ensure that your child's legal rights are protected. They can also assist you to receive the financial assistance you require to cover the cost of treatment.

Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

Birth defects are serious illnesses that change the structure of one or more areas of a baby's body. Environmental toxins, side-effects of certain medications genetic or chromosomal disorders or other causes can cause birth defects.

Levy Konigsberg's team is committed to helping families learn what causes birth defect and how they can seek compensation from the responsible parties. Our lawyers work with medical professionals to determine whether 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, defending clients against major corporations that have exposed them to harmful chemicals. He has handled thousands cases in the United States and around the globe. He was the prosecutor in some of the first birth defect lawsuits, involving glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing and in agriculture industries, pesticide spray or drift exposures from crop dusters, and exposure to heavy metals like lead.

Victoria Phillips focuses on complex product liability litigation as well as birth defect cases. She graduated as a magna cumlaude from Williams College and from Columbia Law School. Before joining the firm, she was an Assistant District Attorney at Manhattan's District Attorney's Office. She has secured millions of dollars in settlements on behalf of her clients. She is proficient in all kinds of litigation, including class actions and mass tort claims.

Product Liability

While medical advances have greatly reduced the risks that come with childbirth birth injuries and birth defects are frequent. These issues can have a significant impact on the lives of parents and infants.

While many birth defects and injuries result from environmental or genetic causes, they can also be caused by the negligence of health professionals during pregnancy or during the delivery. These errors include prescribing incorrect medications or failing to check the mother for signs prenatal damage.

It is sometimes difficult to differentiate between a birth injury or a birth defect. Birth injuries happen during labor and birth. Birth defects, however develop within the womb. They can have a long-term impact on the fetus’ overall body structure and function.

If a baby is born with an abnormality in birth due to someone else's negligent decision or inaction and act accordingly, the child may be entitled to compensation. This compensation is awarded to the person who was injured and 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 allegations of exposure to teratogens chemicals that have been linked to congenital and developmental delays. Diane Paolicelli, managing partner has dedicated her legal career of 30 years to reclaiming women who have been exposed to toxic heavy metals, chemicals and heavy metals that cause birth defects and reproductive issues in children.