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Connecticut birth injury attorneys devote their practice to helping families of infants who have sustained a serious birth injury as the result of a medical mistake. Sadly, 7 in every 1,000 live births in the U.S. result in a significant birth injury.
Although some of these birth injuries are unpredictable and unavoidable, in rare instances, doctors and nurses make mistakes before, during or after the birthing process and severely injury newborns. In these cases, families will be entitled to compensation for their infants' medical bills and permanent disabilities by pursuing a birth injury lawsuit.
It is essential for families who would like to pursue compensation to hire an experienced birth injury lawyer who will be able to prove that the injury was in fact a result of a medical mistake. If your baby was born in a Connecticut hospital and suffered an injury that you feel was caused by a medical mistake, you should know that you have rights and we can help. Contact our Connecticut birth injury lawyers today.
Often, babies will only experience mild, easily treatable birth injuries – such as bruises, lacerations or swelling – during the birthing process.
When more serious birth injuries occur, however, they typically require immediate and long-term treatment. Severe birth injuries may include:
Medical negligence resulting in birth injury is most likely to occur when babies are born prematurely or breeched (feet, rather than head, first). Additionally, multiple births and large birth weights (over 9 lbs) are other factors that can complicate normal births and result in birth injuries.
Some of the medical mistakes that can cause birth injury include failing to:
Excessive use of vacuum extraction may also injure a newborn during birth.
Some immediate indications that a baby may have suffered a birth injury include:
If your baby was diagnosed with a birth injury, you are probably wondering whether medical negligence contributed to his/her condition and whether you are entitled to a settlement to help pay for the economic factors including treatment costs long-term care, and the emotional trauma you, your family and your baby have and will incur.
For legal guidance in your Connecticut medical malpractice case, contact us. Using a team of qualified medical professionals, we will investigate the injuries to determine the exact cause. If medical mistakes played any role in your baby’s injury, we will do whatever we can to make sure the responsible party is held accountable.
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