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Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child suffers from a birth defect that is the result of negligence, you are entitled to compensation. These damages can include medical expenses in addition to lost wages and punitive damages in certain cases.

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

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals who care for your children could have a major impact on your family's future. If they make mistakes that lead to birth injuries or defects which could result in years of financial challenges and a lifetime of physical and emotional challenges for your child.

Birth injury lawyers can help you in filing a claim to recover compensation against the parties accountable for your child's medical issues. It could be a doctor, a hospital, or something that happened prior to the birth of your child. A Queens birth defect attorney will analyze your case, give valuable insights, and connect with medical experts who will examine the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake which leads to a birth defect for instance, when he prescribed medication that increased the risk of being affected or if he was unable to carry out certain screenings and tests during pregnancy. These are all instances of medical malpractice that could be grounds for a lawsuit. If you believe that a mistake in your medical treatment caused an anomaly in the birth of your child, you are entitled to compensation for your past and future health care expenses. A successful lawsuit can also be compensated for the loss of income, emotional stress, and other losses that you've suffered.

Defective Drugs

Many birth defects are caused by prescription drugs or over-the-counter medicines as well as exposure to chemicals at the workplace or home and other environmental dangers. The cost of these medical conditions is enormous. Parents often ask how the condition of their child came about and where to turn as charges pile up for expensive treatments and procedures.

Drug manufacturers must thoroughly test their products before they are released for sale and must anticipate any possible side effects. If they fail to do this and are found to be negligent, they could be accountable for lawsuits involving product liability that are filed by consumers who suffer from the issue. An experienced birth defect lawyer can help determine whether a defective medication may be to blame for your child's health complications.

If you believe that your child's birth defect could be linked to a specific drug, start by documenting your symptoms and keeping medications' packaging and receipts. Also, note the date when you first noticed symptoms in your child. This information is essential for determining the time limit for a child's illness.

If your child was exposed to a toxic substance that contributed to their condition, you have only one year to bring a lawsuit. A birth defect lawyer can assist you to build an effective case and ensure that your child's rights are protected. They can also assist you to receive the financial assistance you require to pay for treatment.

Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

Birth defects are serious problems that alter the structure of one or more components of a baby's body. They may 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 understand the causes of birth defects and how they can pursue compensation from the responsible parties. Our attorneys collaborate with a group of medical experts to determine if the birth defect in question is related to chemical exposure or other environmental factors.

David Strouss, managing partner and senior trial attorney, is a leader in birth defects litigation. He defends clients against large corporations that have exposed them toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands of cases in the United States and around the globe. He was the prosecutor in 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, and exposure to heavy-metals like lead.

Victoria Phillips concentrates on complex litigation involving product liability, 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 secured millions of dollars in settlements for her clients and is proficient in all kinds of litigation, including class actions and mass tort claims.

Product Liability

While medical advances have significantly reduced the risks associated with childbirth birth injuries and defects are still prevalent. These conditions can have a major impact on the quality of life of infants and their parents.

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

The distinction between a birth injury and a birth defect can be confusing. Birth injuries can occur during labor and delivery. Birth defects, however, occur within the womb. They may have a lasting impact on the fetus's overall body structure and function.

If a child is born with a birth defect because of someone else's negligence decision or inaction or act appropriately, the child may be entitled to compensation. The compensation is paid to the victim and is placed in trust on behalf of the child.

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect lawyers concentrate on the environmental causes of these disorders and work with a nationwide network of lawyers to investigate claims of exposure to teratogen chemicals that can cause developmental delays, congenital disabilities and other serious birth defects. Diane Paolicelli, managing partner has dedicated her legal 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.