The birth of a child is a miraculous, beautiful event. However, when something goes wrong, it can turn a family upside down and cause immeasurable pain. When a preventable mistake injures your newborn, the future you envisioned for your child can instantly disappear. You may also quickly become overwhelmed with bills and caretaking duties. In many circumstances, not even the most careful and cutting-edge obstetric treatment can prevent birth injury. Whether it's negligence or carelessness, birth injuries shouldn't happen. Contact a birth injury lawyer at Accident Aide today to file your claim.
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A Birth injury is an injury that happens to the baby during the birthing process. Birth injuries can cause lifelong pain, suffering, and disability.
Lawyers who focus on birth injury lawsuits work on a contingency fee basis and represent victims of medical misconduct. When plaintiffs claim that negligent medical care contributed to their child's birth injury, legal action can be taken. We will not charge you a penny at Accident Aide unless we win a settlement in or out of court. We also have a:
No parent goes into labor expecting it to cause damage to their newborn. Parents trust their chosen doctors to protect them and their baby from pregnancy to delivery. When something goes wrong and it's not handled correctly, it can result in devastating birth injuries that can last a lifetime. Birth injuries can cost families thousands to millions of dollars during their child's life. A birth injury lawyer will fight for medical costs to be covered, compensated and for any pain and suffering.
In California, you have two years to file a personal injury or medical malpractice case. However, there are exceptions that can shorten this time frame or prolong it, so make sure to reach out to one of our experienced lawyers to help you.
A newborn keeps you busy enough, but a newborn with a birth injury means you're even busier. The last thing you need to worry about is fighting for yourself and your baby to be able to afford treatment and care. At Accident Aide, we will:
These cases almost always involve medical malpractice insurance liability companies that will push you to settle for less than you deserve. Do not talk to these insurance companies, and call our office today.
Your birth injury attorney will fight aggressively to win your case's most attainable compensation. It's important to note that every birth injury lawsuit is unique. We will often communicate with you and update you as there's progress on the case. Most of the time, birth injury cases go through a discovery phase, a gathering evidence phase, and then the mediation phase, where we hope to settle out of court. However, we prepare the case for court should it go that far.
If your baby was injured during birth, you both have rights. Contact our office today to get the most compensation possible under the law.
