Birth Injuries

Birth Injury Cases in Florida:

Although most Florida health care providers do great work, mistakes can be made that have adverse effects during a birth. Sometimes those effects can linger for the rest of a child’s life as well as impact the parents. Birth injuries such as cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, shoulder dystocia, and brachial plexus can happen when an omission or negligent act by a doctor or other type of medical professional occurs resulting in harm to the baby during birth. Medical malpractice laws are designed to protect the rights of babies and their parents to pursue compensation if the birth injury is the result of negligence.

We have helped our South Florida clients successfully resolve cases involving a broad range of birth injuries, including but not limited to:

• Brachial plexus injuries related to shoulder dystocia
• Brain damage or death due to hypoxia
• Cerebral palsy
• Erb’s palsy
• Failure to monitor the vital signs of mother or child
• Failure to perform a cesarean section
• Performing an unnecessary cesarean section