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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 include medical costs or lost income as well as punitive damages, in certain instances.

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

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals who look after your children could be a 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 stress and emotional and physical struggles throughout their lives.

Birth injury lawyers can assist you file a claim for compensation against the people who are responsible for your child's medical issues. This could be a doctor, a hospital, or something that happened before the birth of your child. A Queens birth defect attorney can evaluate your case and provide you with valuable information and connect you with medical experts who will examine the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake that leads to birth defects for instance when they prescribed medication that could have 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 which may be grounds for a lawsuit. If you believe that a mistake in your medical treatment caused birth defects in your child, you may be entitled to compensation for past as well as future health costs. A successful lawsuit could compensate you for the loss of income, emotional stress, or any other losses that you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

Many birth defects result from prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications and exposure to chemicals in the workplace or at home, and other environmental hazards. Unfortunately, these medical conditions are extremely costly. Parents often ask how their child's condition occurred and what to do when charges pile up for expensive treatments and procedures.

Drug makers must test their products thoroughly before they sell their products, and are expected to anticipate any potential adverse reactions. They could be held accountable for any product liability lawsuits filed by consumers if they fail to do this. A birth defect lawyer can assist you to determine if a medication that is defective is responsible for the health problems of your child.

If you believe that an abnormality in the birth of your child is the result of a drug, document your symptoms and keep the packaging and receipts. You should also note the date that you first noticed your child's symptoms. This information is vital for determining the statute of limitations.

If your child was exposed to a toxic substance that contributed to their condition, you have only one year to make a claim. An experienced attorney who specializes in Birth Defect Lawsuit defects can assist you in building an impressive case and make sure that your child's rights are secured. They can also provide the financial support you need to cover the costs of necessary treatment.

Exposure to toxic substances

Birth defects are serious problems that change the structure of one or more areas of a baby's body. They could be caused through environmental toxins, adverse effects of certain medications, or genetic or chromosomal abnormalities.

Levy Konigsberg LLP's team is dedicated to helping families learn what causes birth defects and what they can do to seek compensation from the responsible parties. Our attorneys work with a team of medical experts to determine whether an individual birth defect is due to exposure to chemicals or other environmental factors.

Senior trial lawyer David Strouss is a leader in birth defect litigation, and has been able to defend clients against major corporations that expose the children to toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands cases in the United States and around the world. He prosecuted some of the first birth defect lawsuits involving glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing and in agriculture industries, pesticide spray or drift exposures by crop dusters, and exposure to heavy metals, such as lead.

Victoria Phillips focuses on complex legal cases involving product liability as well as birth defect cases. She graduated with a magna laude from Williams College and from Columbia Law School. Prior to joining the firm, she worked as an Assistant District Attorney at Manhattan's District Attorney's Office. She has recovered millions in settlements for her clients and has experience in all types of litigation, including class action and mass tort claims.

Product Liability

While modern medical technology has greatly reduced the risks associated with childbirth, birth injuries and defects remain common. These problems can have a significant impact on the lives of parents and children.

While many birth defects and injuries result from environmental or genetic causes, they can also result from the inattention of health care professionals during the birth or delivery. These errors can include prescribing unsuitable medication or not observing the mother for signs of prenatal damage.

The distinction between a birth injury and a birth defect could be confusing. While birth injuries happen during labor and birth, birth defects develop in the womb, and often cause long-term damage to the body of the fetus' structure or function.

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

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect lawyers 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. Managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her thirty years of legal career to exposing women exposed to arsenic, mercury and other toxic heavy chemical and metals that cause birth defects and reproductive issues in children.