Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child has an anomaly in the birth that is the result of negligence you may be entitled to compensation. These damages can include medical expenses loss of income, punitive damages in some cases.

A Pompano Beach injury lawyer can assist you in recovering compensation for your child's injuries as well as future medical expenses. Common causes of birth defects include medical malpractice, defective drugs, and toxic exposure.

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals who treat your children could have a significant impact on your family's future. If they make a misstep that causes birth defects or injuries your child could be facing years of financial hardship and emotional and physical challenges throughout their lives.

Birth injury lawyers can assist you to file a claim for compensation against the people responsible for your child’s medical problems. This could be a doctor, hospital or an event that occurred prior to your child's birth. A Queens birth defect lawyer will analyze your case, give useful information, and connect with medical experts who will analyze the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake that can lead to birth defects for instance when they prescribed medication that increased the risk of the condition in your baby or in the event that they failed to perform certain tests or screenings during pregnancy. These are examples of medical malpractice that may be cause for an action. If you believe that a medical mistake caused birth defects in your child, you may be entitled to compensation for your past and future health care expenses. A successful lawsuit could also compensate you for the loss of income, your emotional stress, and any other losses that you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

Prescription drugs, over-the counter medications, chemical exposure at work or home, and environmental hazards are the reason for many birth defects. The cost of these medical conditions is enormous. Parents often ask how their child's condition occurred and where to turn, as bills pile up for costly treatments and procedures.

Medicines are required to undergo rigorous tests before they are released on the market, and drug makers are required to identify any potential side effects. They could be held accountable for claims brought against them by consumers if they fail in this. An experienced birth defect attorney can help determine whether a defective medication may be to blame for your child's health complications.

If you believe that an abnormality in the birth of your child is caused by the use of a medication, keep track of your symptoms and save the packaging as well as receipts. It is also important to note the date when you first observed the symptoms of your child. This information is vital for determining the statutes of limitation.

If your child was exposed to a toxic substance that caused the condition, you have only one year to make a claim. An experienced birth defect attorney can assist you in building an impressive case and make sure that your child's rights are secured. They can also provide you with the financial assistance you need to pay for the necessary treatment.

Exposure to toxic substances

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

Levy Konigsberg's team is committed to helping families better understand what causes birth defect and how they can seek compensation from the parties responsible. Our lawyers work with medical professionals to determine if a birth defect is caused by chemical exposure or environmental factors.

Managing partner and senior trial lawyer David Strouss is a leader in birth defect litigation, and has been able to defend clients against major corporations that expose the children to toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands of cases throughout the United States and around the world. He was the prosecutor in some of the first birth defect lawsuits that involved glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing and in the agriculture industry; pesticide spray or drift exposures from crop dusters, and exposure to heavy-metals like lead.

Victoria Phillips concentrates on complex litigation involving product liability, including 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 racked up millions in settlements for her clients and is proficient in all kinds of litigation, including class action and mass tort claims.

Product Liability

While medical advances have significantly reduced the risks associated with childbirth birth injuries and defects remain common. These conditions can have a profound impact on the quality of life of infants and their parents.

While many birth problems and injuries are caused by environmental or genetic factors they may also be due to health care providers' negligence during pregnancy or during delivery. These mistakes could include prescribing inappropriate medications or failing to monitor the mother for signs of prenatal damage.

The distinction between a birth injury and a birth defect could be confusing. While birth injuries occur during labor and delivery, birth defects develop in the womb and usually have a long-term impact on the fetus' general body structure or function.

If a child is born with an anomaly in the birth because of someone else's negligence action or inability to act and act accordingly, the child may be entitled to compensation. The compensation is paid to the person who suffered and is held in trust on behalf of the child.

Our Queens birth defects attorneys at Phillips & Paolicelli focus on environmental causes and work with a national network of lawyers to investigate allegations of exposure to teratogens chemicals that have been associated with developmental delays and congenital disabilities. Diane Paolicelli, managing partner has dedicated her legal career of 30 years to helping women who have been exposed to toxic chemical, heavy metals and heavy metals that cause birth defects and reproductive issues in children.