Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child is suffering from an birth defect caused by negligence and carelessness, you are entitled to damages. These damages could include medical expenses in addition to lost wages and punitive damages in a few cases.

A Pompano Beach injury lawyer can help you obtain compensation for injuries to your child as well as future medical expenses. Common causes of birth defects are medical malpractice, defective drugs and toxic exposure.

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals who treat your children could be a significant influence on the future of your family. If they make mistakes that lead to birth injuries or defects that can lead to years of financial difficulties and the prospect of a lifetime of physical and emotional struggles for your infant.

Birth injury lawyers can help you bring a claim against those who may be responsible for the medical issues your child has regardless of whether it was a doctor or hospital who made a mistake during the birth and labor process, or if the cause of your child's birth defect was something that occurred to your baby prior to birth. A Queens birth defect attorney can review your case, provide useful information, and connect with medical experts who will review the evidence.

A doctor could make a mistake that leads to a birth deformity for instance, if he prescribed medication that increased the risk of being affected or if he failed to conduct certain screenings and tests during pregnancy. These are examples of medical negligence that could be the basis for a lawsuit. If you believe that a medical error caused an anomaly in the birth of your child, you are entitled to compensation for past and future health care expenses. A successful lawsuit may also compensate you for your loss of income, emotional distress or any other loss that you have suffered.

Defective Drugs

Many birth defects result from prescription drugs as well as over-the-counter drugs and chemical exposure at the home or at work, and other environmental hazards. Unfortunately, the cost of these medical issues is huge. Parents often ask themselves what caused their child's condition and what to do when the costs for costly procedures and treatments pile up.

The drugs must undergo thorough testing before they can be sold on the market, and drug manufacturers are expected to anticipate any possible adverse reactions. If they fail to do this and are found to be negligent, they could be accountable for lawsuits involving product liability brought by affected consumers. A birth defect lawyer can assist you to determine if a defective drug is the reason for the health problems of your child.

If you think that the birth defect you are seeing in your child is caused by a drug, document your symptoms and save the packaging and receipts. You should also record the date that you first observed the symptoms of your child. This is crucial for determining the time limit for a child's illness.

You have one year to file a lawsuit in the event that your child was exposed a toxic substance which caused the condition. A skilled birth defect attorney can assist you in building an effective case and make sure that your child's rights are protected. They can also assist you find the financial help you need to cover the cost of treatment.

Exposure to toxic substances

Birth defects are serious issues that can affect the structure and function of the parts of a child's body. Environmental toxins, adverse effects of certain medications genetic or chromosomal problems or other causes can cause birth defects.

Levy Konigsberg's team is committed to helping families learn 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 an individual birth defect is caused by exposure to chemicals or other environmental factors.

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

Victoria Phillips focuses on complex litigation involving product liability and birth defect cases. She graduated magna cumlaude from Williams College and from Columbia Law School. Before joining the firm she worked as an Assistant District Attorney at Manhattan's District Attorney's Office. She has racked up millions in settlements for her clients and is proficient in all kinds of litigation, including class action and mass tort claims.

Product Liability

While medical advances have drastically reduced the risks associated with childbirth, birth injuries and defects remain frequent. These problems can have a major impact on the quality of life of infants and their parents.

While many birth injuries and birth defects result from environmental or genetic causes however, they could also be due to the negligence of health professionals during pregnancy or the birth. These mistakes can include prescribing inappropriate medications or not checking the mother for signs of damage to her prenatal body.

It can be difficult to tell between a birth injury or a birth defect. Birth injuries can occur during labor and delivery. Birth defects, however develop during the womb. They can have a long-term impact on the fetus’ overall body structure and function.

If a baby is born with a birth defect because of someone else's negligence act or failure to act and act accordingly, the child may be entitled to compensation. The compensation is paid to the person who suffered, and it is held in trust on behalf of the child.

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect lawyers focus on environmental causes of these conditions and work with a nationwide network of lawyers to investigate allegations of exposure to teratogen chemicals which are associated with congenital disabilities, developmental delays and other serious birth defects. Diane Paolicelli, managing partner and attorney, has dedicated her career for 30 years to reclaiming women who have been exposed to toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and heavy metals that cause birth defects and reproductive issues in children.