Massachusetts Personal Injury Lawyer Blog

Ending the Pain of Birth Injuries

A child's natural development, genetics and the quality of infant care all play a role in the causes of birth injuries. If your baby experiences an abnormal birth, such as breech delivery, the risk of physical birth trauma is high.

Events during delivery can also result in brain or nerve damage that leads to complications that may affect your child's future quality of life.

Any of these scenarios may leave you feeling that some compensation for your family's pain and suffering is due you. Depending on the circumstances and where you live in the United States, a monetary award may well be your right.

Some of the neonatal conditions for which parents seek damages are: 

• Cerebral palsy
• Brachial palsy
• Facial paralysis
• Hypoxia
• Defects brought on by prescribed pregnancy drugs

Medical malpractice laws vary by state. Birth injury lawyers know applicable law for their jurisdiction and the precedents that have already been set in cases like yours. They will assess the facts surrounding your case, determine whether fault may be proven, and help you seek justice in pecuniary damages.

You can also pursue a claim for birth defects that arise from misprescribing drugs for the mother during pregnancy. Spinal deformation or other conditions resulting from a medication's effects on the brain are common maladies that may be grounds for a lawsuit.

Your attorney will confer with expert medical witnesses to determine if drugs were involved in causing your child's birth defect. They will also establish whether your medical facility followed accepted standards and practices in delivery. Securing your legal rights to compensation for inadequate care can help to relieve some of the pain of a birth injury.

We can evaluate your case for FREE to determine if your child may have been injured as a result of medical malpractice. Call 1-800-410-2769 today!

Massachusetts personal injury lawyer, Thomas M. Kiley, is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and is a respected member of the American Association for Justice and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys.

The personal injury attorneys at the Law Office of Kiley Law Group are dedicated to helping the victims of:

• Car, motorcycle, truck, van or bus accident
• Single vehicle accidents such as SUV or 15-passenger van rollovers
• Pedestrian accidents such as a hit and run
• Defective products such as ineffective airbags or seatbelts, prescription drugs with unpublicized side-effects, or hazardous children's toys
• Child injury and child abuse such as negligence
• Birth injuries such as trauma during labor or cerebral palsy

We Serve Clients Across the State of Massachusetts
The firm's headquarters are in Andover, MA and serves the following cities in Massachusetts: Boston, Danvers, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, Methuen, Middleton, Reading, and Salem, MA and Salem, New Hampshire.