Georgia Delayed Delivery Attorneys
A birth injury may be one of life's cruelest twists of fate. Before a baby has the opportunity to live a natural life outside the womb, he suffers an injury during labor, delivery, or afterwards which robs him of that opportunity.
Parents are very often devastated to learn that their child was irreparably harmed during the birthing process. In-depth investigation may show that a birth defect was actually caused by negligence of an obstetrician or nurse during childbirth.
Birth injuries often involve hypoxia (brain injury due to lack of oxygen) leading to brain damage, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities or developmental delays. Parents may not realize that there is a problem until the child encounters difficulty learning to speak or progressing through the educational system. Or it may be apparent right away, as in the case of Erb's palsy which leaves a baby unable to use an arm.
Whether your child was born last week, last month, last year or several years ago, and you suspect possible negligence by health care professionals during the birth experience, contact an experienced birth injury lawyer at the Georgia law offices of Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC, to discuss your concerns.
A review of the fetal monitor strip by a medical expert may identify a time during labor when attending nurses did not take proper action to alert the obstetrician of fetal distress and a need for a C-section. Delayed delivery — failure to perform a C-section or a delayed C-section surgery — may have been the preventable cause of your child's birth injury.
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Was your child injured during childbirth in Georgia or in a nearby state? Take up the fight. Contact a birth injury lawyer at Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance about your child's cerebral palsy or other health issue and possible causes during a hospital birth.
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