Pennsylvania Attorneys for Birth Injury Cases
The birth of a child should be one of the happiest times in the lives of parents. Unfortunately, when a birth injury is involved, it becomes one of the saddest and most challenging times. Parents who have an infant injured during pregnancy, labor or delivery often feel overwhelmed. They are angry, sad and confused.
At Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald LLP, we understand how overwhelming the situation can be. While our lawyers cannot take away the sadness, we can give you some answers about legal action. By seeking justice through holding negligent doctors and hospitals accountable for the harm, we find that many families begin moving forward. These families gain valuable resources through favorable settlements or jury verdicts, which they use to help their children live as full and happy lives as possible.
Handling Many Different Types of Birth Injuries
Our northeast Pennsylvania law firm represents the parents of infants who have suffered many different types of birth injuries caused by delivery room negligence:
- Forceps and vacuum pump injuries — including cuts and bruising
- Facial paralysis — nerve damage from pressure on the face during delivery
- Fractures — usually of the collarbone, arms, legs and skull
- Erb's palsy — paralysis caused by damage to nerves that control movement in the arms, hands and fingers
- Cerebral palsy — oxygen deprivation that leads to brain damage and loss of muscle function
- Brain damage — brain injury usually caused by oxygen deprivation
The Law on Birth Injury Cases
In birth injury cases, more than one person often shares liability for the harm caused. The obstetrician may be responsible for failing to follow the standard of care used by similar doctors during delivery. Nurses and other healthcare providers may also be responsible. If these providers are employed by the hospital, the hospital itself may be held liable as well.
Not all birth injuries are caused by medical malpractice. In order to win your case, your attorney will have to prove that is was more likely than not that the birth injury was caused by your doctor's actions during the birth of your child. The court will consider the type of care and skill provided by other doctors in the same or similar situations, and whether or not your doctor's actions were like that care. The court will also consider medical evidence of the birth injury. If your doctor had not acted incorrectly, would the birth injury have occurred?
It is a complicated matter, but the attorneys at Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald LLP are experienced and knowledgeable. For five decades, we have been representing clients throughout Pennsylvania and the northeast in serious and complex litigation. We are well prepared to handle even the most complex birth injury cases.
Contact Us
Contact any of our northeastern Pennsylvania offices in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton or Hazleton for a free and confidential consultation with a lawyer. For our clients' convenience, we also offer home or hospital visits to seriously injured clients.
