Doctors and medical professionals are obliged to ensure that a newborn child is delivered with high-quality care and attention. Unfortunately, medical malpractice and negligence during childbirth can lead to serious injuries and birth defects. Injuries sustained during birth can affect a child for life while the family is left dealing with financial and legal challenges. While dealing with a St Louis birth injury can be emotionally distressing and financially taxing, St Louis area families have options for treatment, care, and legal representation. Contact a St Louis birth injury lawyer from TorHoerman Law to discuss your options and determine whether a St Louis birth injury lawsuit is the decision for you and your family.
Holding the liable party accountable for any damages you suffer is our top priority. These damages can include any injuries, medical bills, future expected medical costs, other accident-related expenses, pain and suffering, and emotional distress caused by the incident.
Our firm offers free, no-obligation consultations for any potential clients. This allows you and one of the lawyers to discuss your case in full detail. At that time, the lawyer will determine if the case should move forward. Give our office a call at 314-325-1369.
Yes. As long as it does not put your child at risk in any way, you should seek medical care and/or a second opinion from another healthcare provider or another healthcare professional within your network. You should only do this if it is advisable from your current healthcare provider.
Families whose child suffered a birth injury should seek proper medical care. Birth injury treatment options include surgeries, medications, and therapies. Quality birth injury treatment is available at numerous hospitals and medical centers in St Louis:
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Dealing with a birth injury can be stressful and traumatic. If your child suffered from a birth injury due to inadequate standards of care, you could be eligible for a birth injury lawsuit. The right St Louis birth injury attorney will help ensure your family receives adequate compensation for your child’s injuries, care, and damages. Contact an experienced St Louis birth injury lawyer at TorHoerman today for legal advice and to learn more about your birth injury lawsuit options. We will discuss your potential birth injury lawsuit with no obligation or costs. Our law firm works with metro St Louis birth injury lawsuits both in Missouri and Illinois. At TorHoerman Law, we operate on a contingency fee basis for all clients. So, our team of St Louis birth injury lawyers is as dedicated as the parents and children that we represent in seeing that they receive the best possible outcome in their cases. TorHoerman Law, your St Louis birth injury law firm.The most common birth injuries sustained during labor in St. Louis hospitals include:
Brachial palsy is caused by damage to the brachial plexus, the network of nerves that control the hands and arms. A brachial plexus injury affects a child’s ability to flex or rotate the injured arm. Brachial palsy can be treated soon after birth with physical therapies and exercises, but the injury can be permanent if the nerves are damaged.
Newborns delivered with forceps or by vacuum extraction can suffer from marks, bruises, and lacerations on their faces and body. Bruising can also occur naturally from the child coming in contact with the birth canal or the mother’s tissues and pelvic bones.
Caput Succedaneum refers to swelling on the soft tissue of the scalp. Caput is most likely to develop during vacuum extraction, and the swelling is often paired with scalp bruising.
Cephalohematoma refers to bleeding between the skull bones and their fibrous outer layers. Cephalohematoma is usually noticeable within a few hours of a child’s birth as a lump on his or her head. The injury typically heals naturally, but newborns can develop jaundice in instances of severe bleeding.
Excessive pressure on a newborn's face during birth can cause nerve damage and facial paralysis. This can result naturally or from inadequate forceps or vacuum use. Bruised nerves typically heal within a few weeks, but in cases where facial nerves are torn, surgery is often required.
Newborn’s clavicles and collarbones are susceptible to fracturing during delivery. The bones are likely to break when there are problems delivering the baby’s shoulder or in instances of breech delivery.
Bleeding in the eye’s outer layer is referred to as subconjunctival hemorrhaging. This injury is common in newborns and appears as a bright red band in the white section of the child’s eye. The hemorrhaging can cause eye damage, but it typically heals within seven to ten days.
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