Infant Brain Injury

Infant brain injury in every circumstance is devastating to a family. The anger, frustration and outright despair can be overwhelming, especially in the case where the brain injury could have been prevented and occurred during the birthing process. When pursuing financial compensation to pay for medical expenses, long term care and more, the consequences that a family faces with a brain injured child can be better understood by a Philadelphia birth injury lawyer who has helped others in a similar situation.

Infant brain injury is most often the result of a lack of, or decreased oxygen supply to the brain. The umbilical cord can become wrapped around the baby's neck, or sometimes a prolonged labor can put the fetus in distress. In the course of your initial consultation with an attorney, they most likely will ask you some of the following questions: Did hospital staff rush you in for a C-section surgery after you were in labor for a long time? Were hospital staff members visiting you on a frequent and regular basis to check in on you? Did it take a long time to deliver the baby's shoulders after your infant's head was out? Did the doctor or other medical provider downplay concerns over your baby's inactivity? Was there something else that did not feel right about your baby's delivery? A Philadelphia birth injury lawyer has extensive experience in birth injury cases, and knows how to investigate these types of claims. On your initial consultation, they will advise you as to whether or not they believe you have a case and what would be involved in a medical malpractice lawsuit.

Doctors are required to follow a reasonable standard of care in diagnosing a problem and in responding to the problem and associated risk factors. While certainly not every case of infant brain injury is related to medical malpractice, in some cases medical malpractice is involved. In most cases a family cannot begin to fathom how expensive immediate and long term care of their child can be and truly need an ally on their side fighting for the rights of their child. If medical malpractice was a contributing factor in the infant brain injury, often times an insurance company will try to settle with the family quickly. At the time, the settlement may seem like a lot, when in fact it will not begin to cover costs they are facing over time.