Cerebral Palsy and Doctor's Mistakes

Cerebral palsy is sometimes the result of a doctor’s mistake. While many factors can contribute to the development of cerebral palsy in a young child, this condition and its precipitating factors are often preventable. If your child’s cerebral palsy has resulted from a doctor’s mistake, you may be entitled to compensation for your medical expenses, pain, suffering and other losses and suffering.

Prenatal Doctor’s Mistakes

During your pregnancy, it is your obstetrician’s duty to monitor your health and the health of your unborn baby to the best of their ability. Failure to detect possible birth defects on an ultrasound or other complications during your pregnancy may make your doctor or other medical provider liable for your child’s cerebral palsy. If a doctor’s mistake during your pregnancy resulted in your child’s cerebral palsy, legal action can help you obtain the compensation you deserve.

Doctor’s Mistakes During the Birthing Process

Complications and trauma may unavoidably arise during some births. However, it is your doctor’s responsibility to anticipate and manage these problems in the most effective manner to protect the health of you and your baby. This responsibility includes:

· Properly managing labor and delivery timing
· Identifying the necessity for a Cesarean section
· Properly monitoring the baby’s heart rate, oxygen flow and other important factors
· Responding to any potential complications or trauma appropriately
· Appropriately managing the labor and delivery to avoid complications
· And more.

Doctor’s mistakes during childbirth may also include forceful delivery, wrongful use of birthing instruments, and administering too much of a labor-inducing medication.

Seek Legal Advice

It is important to realize that nearly 20 percent of all cases of cerebral palsy are the result of a brain injury occurring during the delivery process. If a doctor’s mistake occurred before or during the birth of your child, you may be entitled to damages for your child’s cerebral palsy condition.

It is important to seek the qualified legal advice of an experienced cerebral palsy attorney. An attorney who is skilled in dealing with cases of a similar nature knows the most effective path to recovering the damages you deserve and protecting the interests of your child. Your cerebral palsy attorney can help you receive compensation for your child’s medical bills, pain, suffering, lost earning capacity and other additional expenses resulting from your doctor’s mistake.

Please contact us today for a free evaluation regarding your cerebral palsy case. We are can answer your questions and determine how best to handle this sensitive matter, putting the interests of you and your child first.