Birth Injuries

The birth of a child is a joyful and exciting time. During pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum, you place your faith and trust in your doctors and medical staff. They are responsible for you and your baby’s safety and well-being during this important time. The last thing you expect is for either you or your baby to come to harm due to improper care or negligence. Unfortunately, when injuries do take place, a significant percentage are completely avoidable and occur due to medical malpractice.

Nerve and brain damage, skull fractures, broken bones, and lacerations can all be a result of improper monitoring or handling of your infant in delivery. Not only does injury to your newborn child come with physical consequences that can potentially last a lifetime, there is also a significant amount of mental suffering that parents experience. Financially, the burden extends well past the delivery room.

Excessive maternal bleeding during post-delivery procedures, spinal injuries from improper positioning of the epidural needle, as well as seizures caused by preeclampsia are avoidable, yet common complications caused by negligence. The mother’s recovery may be extensive while also causing long-term pain and suffering. In addition, the cost of care and rehabilitation can be astronomical.

A large percentage of birth injuries are needlessly caused by medical malpractice each year, often leading to long-term symptoms with expensive treatments. Kiley Law Group understands that birth injuries can be physically and emotionally devastating and can change your entire family’s life. For 50 years, our attorneys have been helping families through these situations. With kindness and compassion, we are committed to obtaining the compensation the victim and family members need following a birth injury. Call us for assistance through this difficulty today.