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Birth Defect Attorneys

If you have a child suffering from a birth defect caused by negligence, then you are entitled to compensation. These damages can include medical expenses, lost income and punitive damages, in certain instances.

A Pompano Beach injury lawyer can assist you in recovering compensation for your child's injuries and medical expenses in the future. Common causes of birth defects are medical malpractice, defective drugs, and toxic exposure.

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals who take care of your children can have a major impact on your family's future. If they make an error that causes birth injuries or defects that could lead to years of financial challenges and a lifetime of physical as well as emotional struggles for your infant.

Birth injury lawyers can help you file a claim against the people who are accountable for your child's medical problems, whether it is a doctor or hospital who made a mistake during the birthing process or if the root of your child's birth defect was something that occurred to your baby before birth. A Queens birth defects attorney can evaluate your case and provide you with valuable information and connect you with medical experts who will examine the evidence.

A doctor could make a mistake which leads to birth defects, for example the prescription of medication that increased the chance of your baby's illness or when they failed to carry out certain tests and screenings throughout pregnancy. These are examples of medical negligence that could be cause for a lawsuit. If your child suffers from a birth defect that you believe is due to a medical error you should be compensated to cover the past and future expenses relating to your baby's medical treatment. A successful lawsuit can also compensate you for the loss of income, your emotional stress, and other losses you have suffered.

Defective Drugs

Many birth defects are caused by prescription drugs as well as over-the-counter drugs and exposure to chemicals in the workplace or at home and other environmental hazards. Unfortunately, these medical issues are very expensive. Parents often wonder what caused the child's illness and where to turn when costs for costly procedures and treatments pile up.

Drug manufacturers must test their products thoroughly before they sell their products, and are expected to anticipate any potential side effects. They could be held accountable for any product liability lawsuits filed by consumers when they fail to do this. An experienced birth defect attorney can determine if the defective medication is to blame for your child's health issues.

If you think that the birth defect you are seeing in your child is the result of a drug, document your symptoms and keep the packaging and receipts. It is also important to record the date you first noticed symptoms in your child. This information is crucial to determining the time limit to file a claim.

If your child was exposed to a toxic substance that contributed to their condition, you have only one year to file a lawsuit. A birth defect lawyer can help you create a strong case and ensure that your child's rights are protected. They can also provide you with the financial support you need to cover the costs of necessary treatment.

Exposure to toxic substances

Birth defects are serious issues that change the structure of one or more parts of the body of a newborn. Environmental toxins, adverse effects of certain medications genetic or chromosomal disorders and other factors may cause birth defects.

Levy Konigsberg LLP's staff is committed to helping families better understand the causes of birth defects and how they can seek compensation from the parties responsible. Our lawyers collaborate with medical experts to determine if a birth defect is caused by exposure to chemicals or environmental factors.

Senior trial lawyer David Strouss is a leader in birth defect litigation, defending clients against large corporations that have exposed them to toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands cases in the United States and across the globe. He prosecuted some of the first birth defect lawsuits that involved glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing and in agriculture industries, pesticide spray or drift exposures caused by crop dusters, as well as exposure to heavy metals such as lead.

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

Product Liability

Birth injuries and defects still occur despite the fact that medical technology has drastically reduced the risk of pregnancy. These conditions can have a profound impact on the quality of life for children and their parents.

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

It can be difficult to tell between a birth injury or a birth defect. Birth injuries happen during labor and birth. Birth defects, however, are created within the womb. They may have a lasting impact on the fetus’ overall body structure and function.

If a child is born with a birth defect due to the negligence or inaction by another, they may be entitled compensation. The compensation is paid to the victim and placed in trust for the child.

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect attorneys concentrate on the environmental causes that cause these disorders and collaborate with a national network of lawyers to investigate claims of exposure to teratogen chemicals that can cause developmental delays, congenital disabilities and other grave birth defects. Our managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her 30 years of legal practice to defending women who have been exposed to arsenic and mercury and other toxic heavy chemical and metals that cause reproductive issues and birth defects in children.