A common scenario.
Unfortunately, the circumstances detailed in this lawsuit are not uncommon at all. Many of the children who are born with cerebral palsy suffered a brain injury that causes this disorder because they were not given medical attention that they needed and because physicians failed to recognize that the mother, child or both were in a situation where a cesarean section was called for. These cases oftentimes end up with the family filing a lawsuit against the physician, medical staff or the hospital involved.
Not all cases of cerebral palsy could have been prevented by medical intervention. For instance, mothers are sometimes subject to developing infections that are difficult to detect and that end up causing brain damage in the fetus. In other cases, genetics may play a role and the child’s brain may simply fail to form as it normally would, causing the characteristic problems with mobility that go along with cerebral palsy.
If you believe that your child’s cerebral palsy was the direct result of medical negligence, you may want to contact a birth injury medical malpractice lawyer. These lawyers specialize in these cases and they have the resources and expertise necessary to argue them successfully in court.
Because they work under contingency agreements, they will not take the claim unless they believe that they can actually win it in front of the jury. This provides you with the security of knowing that, if one of these attorneys agrees to represent you, it is precisely because they believe that you have a good case that will win your family compensation.