Birth Injury

The birth of a child should be one of the happiest days of the parents’ lives. It is therefore heartbreaking whenever an unforeseeable complication arises. If the negligence of a medical professional needlessly harms a newborn or mother, you should not hesitate to seek justice. Continue reading to learn more about birth and childbirth related injuries, including information on how to file a birth injury lawsuit.

Birth Defect vs. Injury

A birth defect is a condition that forms during a mother’s pregnancy before the baby is born. A birth injury occurs during the labor or delivery process and causes a condition or disability for an otherwise healthy newborn.

Birth Injury Lawsuits

Personal injury law protects families from having to suffer alone. If a newborn, or mother, has sustained injuries from improper handling of the pregnancy and/or birth by medical professionals, parents may become claimants in a malpractice claim.

Birth Injury Settlements

One Kansas woman received a $4.72 million settlement after her daughter was born permanently injured due to the negligence of the physicians and nurses during childbirth.

Childbirth Injury Lawsuit

When people hear “birth injury,” their first thought is often of the health of the newborn. However, the law also protects the mother’s rights to a safe childbirth process. If a mother is injured in childbirth due to a medical professional’s negligence, she should consider seeking justice.