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Brooklyn, NY 11201
Birth Injury Attorneys
in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Nassau County, and Suffolk County
We were successful in obtaining the largest settlement without the need for a trial in history against the Nassau County Medical Center on behalf of a child who experienced cerebral palsy birth injury due to her premature birth at 31 weeks. The negligence involved performing a procedure on the mother which caused an infection of the amniotic fluid. The doctors then failed to properly rescue the baby by performing a timely caesarean section.
We were also successful in obtaining a $56,000,000 verdict for a baby who was born with a condition called spina bifida because of a drug that was improperly prescribed to his mother during her pregnancy. The infant was unfortunately born with paralysis and injury to his brain. The 56 million dollar verdict doesn't make up for the damage, but it will ensure that the boy will have safety, security and comfort for his entire life.
For over 20 years, our firm has represented children who suffer from lifetime injuries that were preventable if only the children and/or their mothers had received proper medical care during their birth.
We have sucessfuly handled cases where there was
- a failure to properly monitor the baby
- a failure to properly interpret the fetal monitor
- a failure to properly treat an infection
- a failure to properly treat umbilical cord compression
- a failure to properly respond to fetal distress
- a failure to timely perform a cesarean section
- a failure to properly use pitocin
- a failure to render proper prenatal care
- a failure to properly use and interpret sonograms
- a failure to properly use vacuum extractors and forceps
- a failure to timely treat vaginal bleeding
- a failure to give proper newborn care
- and other failures
Birth injuries that may have been caused by medical malpractice include cerebral palsy and Erb's palsy.
Unfortunately, there are times when the birth of a baby and all the joy and promise of a newborn are forever damaged because of medical and hospital malpractice. If this has happened to you or someone you love, our birth injury attorneys can help.
During pregnancy, labor and birth, a doctor, nurse or hospital employee has a responsibility to the mother and her baby to monitor and manage their medical conditions. When a doctor, nurse or hospital employee fails to provide reasonable care, the infant can suffer a variety of problems, some of which can cause permanent lifetime consequences. Sometimes, grieving parents are simply told that there has been a "complication" which can be nothing more than an excuse to cover up negligence.
Multi-million recoveries for children who were injured during labor and birth at hospitals in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens have provided lifetime financial support for medical care, custodial care, housing, and special needs such as wheel chair access, bathing and bathroom needs and sleeping arrangements. This money provides parents with the assurance that their son or daughter's life will remain safe and secure even when the parents are no longer around. We have also established special Supplemental Needs Trusts for these children which can allow money to go into a trust to be spent only on the child's needs, while also preserving eligibility for federal or state funding such as (SSI) or Medicaid health coverage.
If your child suffered a birth injury that may have been preventable, please call or e-mail us today. One of our experienced birth injury attorneys in Brooklyn, Bronx, Nassau County, and Suffolk County will evaluate your case for free.
