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Birth Defect Attorneys

If you have a child born with an anomaly in the birth caused by negligence or carelessness, you are entitled to compensation. These damages include medical costs or lost income as well as punitive damages in certain cases.

A Pompano Beach injury attorney can help you obtain compensation to cover the costs of your child's injuries and future medical expenses. Birth defects are usually caused by medical malpractice, defective drugs, and exposure to toxic substances.

Medical Malpractice

The medical professionals who look after your child may have an enormous impact on the future of your family. If they make a mistake that leads to birth defects or injuries your child could be facing years of financial hardship as well as emotional and physical struggles throughout their life.

Birth injury lawyers can help you bring a case against those accountable for your child's medical problems, whether it is an institution or doctor who made a mistake during labor and delivery process or if the cause of the birth defect of your child was something that happened to your baby before birth. A Queens birth defect attorney can examine your case, offer useful information, and connect with medical experts who will analyze the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake that leads to birth defects, for example when they prescribed medication that could have increased the risk of your baby's condition or when they failed to carry out certain tests and screenings during pregnancy. These are all instances of medical malpractice that could be grounds for a suit. If your child has an anomaly in the birth that 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 treatment. A successful lawsuit will also be compensated for the loss of income, emotional stress, and any other losses that you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

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

The drugs must undergo rigorous tests before they are released on the market, and drug makers are expected to be aware of any potential adverse effects. If they fail to do this and are found to be negligent, they could be liable for product liability lawsuits filed by affected consumers. A birth defect lawyer can assist you to determine if a drug that is not working is to blame for the health issues of your child.

If you suspect that the birth defect you are seeing in your child may be caused by drugs, note your symptoms and save the packaging as well as receipts. You should also record the date that you first noticed symptoms in your child. This information is crucial in determining the statute of limitations for filing a claim.

If your child was exposed to a toxic substance that caused their condition, you've only one year to bring a lawsuit. A birth defect lawyer can help you develop a compelling case and ensure that your child's legal rights are protected. They will also be able to provide the financial aid you need to pay for necessary treatment.

Toxic Exposure

Birth defects are serious conditions that can affect the structure and function of parts of a child's body. Environmental toxins, side-effects of certain medications, genetic or chromosomal defects, or other factors can cause birth defects.

The team at Levy Konigsberg LLP is dedicated to helping families learn about the causes of birth defects and how they can pursue compensation from the responsible parties. Our attorneys work with medical professionals to determine if a birth defect is caused by exposure to chemicals or environmental factors.

Senior trial lawyer David Strouss is a leader in birth defect litigation, and has been able to defend clients against major corporations that expose them to harmful chemicals. He has handled thousands of cases across the country 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 like lead.

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

Product Liability

While medical advances have drastically reduced the risks associated with childbirth birth injuries and defects are still frequent. These problems can have a major impact on the lives of parents and infants.

While many birth defects or injuries result from environmental or genetic factors, they can also be caused by the carelessness of health professionals during pregnancy or delivery. These mistakes can be caused by prescribing wrong medications or failing to check the mother for signs of prenatal damage.

It can be difficult to tell between a birth injury and a birth defect. Birth injuries happen during labor and delivery. Birth defects, however develop in the womb. They can have a long-term impact on the fetus's overall body structure and function.

If a baby is born with an abnormality in birth because of someone else's negligence action or inability to act or act appropriately, the child may 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 attorneys concentrate on the environmental causes of these conditions and collaborate with a national network of lawyers to investigate claims of exposure to teratogen chemicals that can cause congenital disabilities, developmental delays and other serious birth defects. The managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her 30-year legal career to vindicating women exposed to arsenic, mercury and other toxic heavy metals and chemicals that cause reproductive issues and birth defects in infants.