Birth Defect Attorneys

If you have a child suffering from an anomaly in the birth caused by negligence or carelessness, you are entitled to compensation. These damages include medical expenses as well as lost income and punitive damages in a few cases.

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

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals who look after your children could have a significant impact on your family's future. If they make a mistake which causes birth defects or injuries your child may be faced with years of financial hardship and physical and emotional challenges throughout their lives.

Birth injury lawyers can help you make a claim for compensation against the parties responsible for your child’s medical problems. It could be a doctor, hospital or an event that occurred before your child was born. A Queens birth defect lawyer can analyze your case, give important information, and connect you with medical experts who will examine the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake which leads to a birth defect, for example when they prescribed medication that increased the risk of the condition in your baby or failing to conduct certain tests and screenings throughout pregnancy. These are all examples of medical malpractice that could be grounds for a suit. If your child is suffering from a birth defect which you believe is caused by an error by a doctor you should be compensated to cover the past and future expenses related to your baby's health care. A successful lawsuit can also compensate you for the loss of income, emotional distress, as well as any other losses you've experienced.

Defective Drugs

Prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, chemical exposure at home or at work and environmental hazards are all causes of many birth defects. Unfortunately, these medical problems can be very costly. Parents often wonder why the condition of their child came about and where to turn as bills pile up for expensive treatments and procedures.

Medications are required to undergo rigorous testing before being sold on the market, and manufacturers are expected to foresee any potential side effects. If they fail to meet this requirement and fail to do so, they could be held accountable for any product liability lawsuits filed by consumers affected. A birth defect lawyer can assist you to determine if a medication that is defective is to blame for the health problems of your child.

If you suspect that a birth defect in your child is the result of the use of a medication, keep track of your symptoms and keep the packaging and receipts. You should also note the date that you first noticed the symptoms of your child. This is vital to determining the statute of limitations to file a claim.

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 constructing a strong case and ensure that your child's rights are secured. They can also provide you with the financial assistance you need to pay for necessary treatment.

Toxic Exposure

Birth defects are serious illnesses that can affect the structure and function of the child's body. They can be caused by environmental toxins or the side effects of certain medications or genetic or chromosomal anomalies.

Levy Konigsberg LLP's staff is committed to helping families better understand the causes of birth defects as well as how they can seek compensation from the responsible parties. Our attorneys work with a network of medical experts to determine if the particular birth defect is caused by chemical exposure or other environmental factors.

Senior trial lawyer David Strouss is a leader in birth defect litigation, defending clients against major corporations that exposed them to toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands of cases in the United States and across the globe. He was the prosecutor in some of the first birth defect lawsuits, involving glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing and in the agricultural industries; pesticide spray or drift exposures by crop dusters, and exposure to heavy metals such as lead.

Victoria Phillips focuses on complex litigation involving product liability and 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 recouped millions of dollars in settlements for clients and is an expert in all forms of litigation including mass tort and class action claims.

Product Liability

While modern medical technology has greatly reduced the risks associated with childbirth birth injuries and defects remain typical. These issues can have a significant impact on the lives of parents and infants.

While many birth injuries and birth defects are caused by environmental or genetic causes but they can also be due to healthcare providers' negligence during pregnancy or during delivery. These errors include prescribing incorrect medications or failing to check the mother for signs prenatal damage.

It is sometimes difficult to differentiate between a birth injury and birth defect lawsuits a birth defect. Birth injuries happen during labor and birth. Birth defects, however develop in the womb. They could have a long-lasting effect on the fetus' overall body structure and function.

If a child is born with a birth deformity due to the negligence or inaction by another, they may be entitled to compensation. The compensation is paid to the victim and held in trust for the child.

Our Queens birth defects attorneys at Phillips & Paolicelli focus on environmental causes and work with a nationwide network of lawyers to investigate allegations of exposure to teratogens chemicals that have been associated with congenital and developmental delays. The managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her 30-year legal career to vindicating women exposed to mercury, arsenic, and other toxic heavy metals and chemicals that cause birth defects and reproductive issues in children.