Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child has an birth defect caused by negligence, you are entitled to damages. These damages include medical costs as well as lost income and punitive damages in some cases.

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

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals who care for your children could have a major impact on your family's future. If they make a misstep which causes birth defects or injuries, your child could face years of financial hardship as well as physical and emotional challenges throughout their life.

Birth injury lawyers can help you file a claim against the people who are accountable for your child's medical problems whether it's the hospital or doctor who made a mistake during the birthing process, or if the cause of your child's birth defect was something that happened to your baby before birth. A Queens birth defect lawyer can analyze your situation and provide valuable information, and connect you with medical experts who will examine the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake that can lead to birth defects, for example, if they prescribed medication that could have increased the chance of your baby's illness or in the event that they failed to perform certain tests and screenings during pregnancy. These are examples of medical malpractice which could be cause for a lawsuit. If you believe that a medical mistake caused an anomaly in the birth of your child, you may be entitled to compensation for your past and future health care costs. A successful lawsuit will also be compensated for the loss of income, your emotional stress, and any other losses you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

Prescription and over-the-counter drugs, chemical exposure at home or at work, and environmental hazards are responsible for many birth defects. Unfortunately, the cost of these medical conditions is enormous. Parents often wonder what triggered their child's condition, and what to do when the bills for expensive treatments and procedures mount up.

Drugs must go through rigorous tests before they are released on the market, and drug makers are expected to foresee any potential side effects. They could be held accountable for lawsuits involving product liability filed by consumers if they fail in this. A birth defect lawyer can help determine if a defective drug is the reason for the health issues of your child.

If you think that an abnormality in the birth of your child may be caused by medication, record your symptoms and keep the packaging and receipts. You should also note the date when you first noticed symptoms in your child. This information is crucial to determining the time limit to file a claim.

If your child was exposed to a toxic substance that contributed to their condition, you have only one year to file a lawsuit. A birth defect lawyer can help you build an effective case and ensure that your child's legal rights are secured. They can also provide you with the financial assistance you need to pay for the necessary treatment.

Toxic Exposure

Birth defects are serious problems that alter the structure of one or more components of a baby's body. They could be caused by environmental toxins, the side effects of certain medications, or genetic or chromosomal anomalies.

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

David Strouss, managing partner and senior trial attorney, is a pioneer when it comes to birth defects litigation. He defends clients against large corporations who have exposed them to toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands cases in the United States and around the globe. He prosecuted some of the first birth defect lawsuits that involved glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing as well as in agriculture industries, pesticide sprays or drift exposures caused by crop dusters, and exposure to heavy metals such as lead.

Victoria Phillips concentrates on complex product liability litigation, including birth defect cases. She graduated magna cum laude from Williams College and from Columbia Law School. Before joining the firm she was a District Assistant Attorney in Manhattan's District Attorney's Office. She has secured millions of dollars in settlements for clients and is an expert in all types litigation including mass torts and class action claims.

Product Liability

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

While many birth defects and injuries are the result of genetic or environmental factors they can also result from the inattention of health care professionals during pregnancy or during the delivery. These mistakes can be caused by prescribing wrong medications or failing to monitor the mother for signs prenatal damage.

It can be difficult to distinguish between a birth injury or a birth defect. While birth injuries happen during labor and delivery and birth defects are a result of the womb, and often affect the body of the fetus' structure or function.

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

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect lawyers focus on the environmental causes that cause these disorders and work with a nationwide network of lawyers to investigate claims of exposure to teratogen chemical which are associated with congenital disabilities, developmental delays, and other grave birth defects. The managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her 30 years of legal practice to defending women who have been exposed to mercury, arsenic, and other toxic heavy metals and chemicals that can cause reproductive issues and birth defects in children.