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Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child has a birth defect caused by negligence you may be entitled to damages. These damages include medical costs loss of income, punitive damages in some cases.

A Pompano Beach injury attorney can assist you in recovering compensation to cover the injuries your child sustained as well as future medical expenses. Birth defects are usually caused by medical negligence, defective drugs, and toxic exposure.

Medical Malpractice

The medical professionals who take care of your child can have significant influence on the future of your family. If they make a misstep which causes birth defects or injuries the child could be subject to years of financial hardship and emotional and physical challenges throughout their lives.

Birth injury lawyers can help you bring a case against those responsible for your child's medical problems, whether it is a doctor or hospital who made a mistake in the labor and delivery process or if the cause of your child's birth defect was something that occurred to your baby before birth. A Queens birth defect lawyer will examine your case, offer valuable insights, and connect with medical experts who will analyze the evidence.

A doctor could make a mistake which leads to birth defects for instance in the event that they prescribed a medication which increased the chance of your baby's illness or in the event that they failed to perform certain tests and screenings in pregnancy. These are all examples of medical malpractice that could be grounds for a lawsuit. If your child has an anomaly in the birth which you believe is due to a medical error you are entitled to compensation for past and future expenses relating to your baby's health treatment. A successful lawsuit may also compensate you for the loss of income, your emotional stress, and any other losses you've experienced.

Defective Drugs

Prescription drugs, over the counter medications, chemical exposures at work or home, and environmental hazards are all causes of many birth defects. Unfortunately, these medical conditions are extremely costly. Parents often wonder what caused their child's health condition and what to do when the bills for expensive treatments and procedures start to pile up.

Drug manufacturers must ensure that their products are tested thoroughly before they are released for sale and must anticipate any potential side effects. If they fail to do this and fail to do so, they could be held accountable for any product liability lawsuits filed by consumers affected. An experienced birth defect lawyer can help determine whether the medication is defective and the cause of your child's health complications.

If you think that your child's birth defect could be related to a specific drug start by recording your symptoms and saving the medication packaging and receipts. Also, note the date you first began to notice symptoms in your child. This information is essential for determining the statute of limitations.

If your child was exposed to a harmful substance that caused their condition, you've only one year to start a lawsuit. A birth defect lawyer can help you make a convincing case and ensure that your child's legal rights are protected. They can also assist you obtain the financial assistance needed to cover the cost of treatment.

Exposure to toxic substances

Birth defects are serious problems that alter the structure of various parts of a child's body. They may be caused by environmental toxins, the side effects of certain medications, or chromosomal or genetic abnormalities.

Levy Konigsberg's team is committed to helping families understand the causes of birth defects and what they can do to seek compensation from the parties responsible. Our lawyers collaborate with a group of medical experts to determine whether the particular birth defect is due to exposure to chemicals or other environmental factors.

David Strouss, managing partner and senior trial attorney is a leading lawyer in birth defects litigation. He defends clients against large corporations that have exposed them toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands of cases throughout the United States and around the world. He was the prosecutor in some of the first birth defect lawsuits, involving glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing as well as in the agriculture industry; pesticide sprays or drift exposures caused by crop dusters, as well as exposure to heavy metals like lead.

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

Product Liability

Birth injuries and birth defects continue to occur despite the fact that modern medical technology has greatly decreased the risk of pregnancy. These issues can have a profound impact on the quality of life of babies and their parents.

While many birth injuries and defects are the result of environmental or genetic factors they may also be caused by medical professionals' negligence during pregnancy or during delivery. These errors can include prescribing inappropriate medications or failing to observe the mother for signs prenatal damage.

It is often difficult to distinguish between a birth injury and a birth defect. Birth injuries are common during labor and delivery. Birth defects, however, occur in the womb. They may have a lasting impact on the overall body structure and function.

If a child is born with an anomaly in the birth due to someone else's negligent act or inability to act or act appropriately, the child may be entitled to compensation. This compensation is awarded to the victim and is kept in trust for the benefit of the child.

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect attorneys focus on the causes of environmental origins of these conditions and work with a national network of lawyers to investigate allegations of exposure to teratogen chemical that are linked to congenital disabilities, developmental delays and other grave birth defects. Managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her 30 years of legal experience to bringing justice to women exposed to arsenic and mercury and other toxic heavy chemical and metals that cause reproductive issues and birth defects in children.