It s The Good And Bad About Birth Defect Case

Why You Should Hire a Birth Defect Attorney

The joy of parenting can be turned into a nightmare when you discover that your child was born with an anomaly in the birth. The majority of birth defects require lifetime medical care. This can lead to massive financial burdens.

A New York birth defect attorney will determine if your child's illness was caused by negligence in the medical field or hazardous chemicals or drugs.

Causes of Birth Defects

Contact a Long Island birth defect attorney promptly when your child is suffering from an anomaly in birth that could have been treated by an expert medical professional. An experienced attorney can take care of the previous step swiftly and efficiently, so that you can grieve for your ailing loved one.

Birth defects can affect every part of a foetus. They can cause physical issues or intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as trouble learning or communicating or difficulty with walking or taking care of oneself.

Certain birth defects can be diagnosed before the baby is born using special tests, such as studying the blood cells in a sample or examining samples of amniotic fluid or the placenta. Increasingly, doctors can also detect birth defects with ultrasound of the fetus or magnetic resonance imaging.

Some birth defects are caused by genetic causes like abnormalities in a fetus's chromosomes or genes. These conditions can be passed down from parents, or they may be caused by mutations in the DNA of the embryo that were discovered during the conception. Some of the most common birth defects that are genetic in nature include trisomy 21, spina Bifida and Tay-Sachs disease. Many other genetic birth defect aren't known causes.

Medical Malpractice

If you or your child suffered a medical injury due to mistakes made by a doctor or other health care professional, you may be able to sue for medical malpractice. This could include the failure to diagnose or treat, for example, doctors not taking your symptoms seriously, or making a wrong diagnosis and not initiating the correct treatment or not following up on test results or medication errors (e.g. anesthesia mistakes like giving too much or the wrong type of medication) and surgical mistakes (e.g. the surgeon leaving a retractor blade inside a patient during surgery).

Finding an attorney who has experience in malpractice suits is difficult. But, you can ask for recommendations from family members and friends, as well as attorneys in other areas. You can also reach out to your state bar association. The majority of bar associations have search/referral tools that will help you find an experienced medical malpractice attorney.

Chemical Exposure

Sometimes birth problems are caused by exposure to hazardous chemicals that harm the mother or foetus. A lot of these chemicals can be present in the workplace where they are used to manufacture products such as plastics, batteries, paint and ceramic glazes. These chemicals can be consumed or inhaled, or absorbed by the skin of the body. Some of these chemicals have been proven to increase the risk of a birth defect in a child such as spina bifida or other physical and mental conditions.

These chemical agents known as teratogens can be found in drugs that are not prescribed by doctors, in chemical substances used in the workplace such as those used in semiconductor "clean room" environments or in toxic substances that pollute the air and water in communities. The Thornton Law Firm represents many parents whose children were born with a grave birth defect after their mothers were exposed to pesticides, coal ash and glycol ethers in the workplace.

Contact an experienced New York birth injury lawyer for a free consultation today If you believe that your child's birth defects were caused by medical negligence, hazardous drug or exposure to toxic substances during pregnancy. These claims are subject to the strictest time limit and are time-sensitive. An experienced attorney can help you determine whether your child has the right to file a claim, and if it is necessary to file it through a court proceeding or a settlement agreement.

Product Liability

Many birth defects are the result of an improper prescription or exposure to chemicals. It is crucial for parents to speak with a birth defect attorney immediately when they suspect that their child's illness was due to medical negligence or dangerous medications. These cases can be extremely complex and extremely time-sensitive.

Medical malpractice claims typically concern the underlying cause of birth defect that is caused by environmental factors, including exposure to chemicals or environmental factors, improperly prescribed medication or drugs, or inadequate prenatal care. Families should seek legal help immediately as the statute of limitations on a medical malpractice claim is only one year.

A lawsuit for a medication birth defect may also be filed if the doctor was negligent in prescribing a medication to a mother. For instance the doctor was not aware of the interactions of a drug with other medications the woman is taking or did not properly inform her about its potential side effects. A Maryland medication birth defect attorney can assist clients in recovering damages when a physician is negligent and causes birth injuries or birth defect.

A newborn family with a severe birth defect may be required to pay for extensive surgical, medical, and therapy throughout the life of the child. A birth defect lawyer who is knowledgeable and experienced can assist parents determine whether the medical condition of their child is due to negligence in the medical field, a dangerous drug, or toxic exposure.