Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child has an birth defect caused by negligence, you are entitled to compensation. These damages could include medical costs, lost wages and punitive damage in some cases.

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

Medical Malpractice

The medical professionals who look after your child can have an enormous impact on the future of your family. If they make a misstep which causes birth defects or injuries, your child could face years of financial strain and physical and emotional struggles throughout their lives.

Birth injury lawyers can assist you to file a claim for compensation against the people responsible for your child’s medical issues. It could be a medical professional, a hospital or anything that happened prior to the birth of your child. A Queens birth defect lawyer will examine your case, offer important information, and connect you with medical experts who will look over the evidence.

A doctor could make a mistake that leads to birth defects, for example when they prescribed medication which increased the chance of your baby's illness or when they failed to carry out certain tests or screenings during pregnancy. These are all instances of medical malpractice that could be grounds for a suit. If your child has an anomaly in the birth that you believe is caused by an error in medicine, you deserve compensation to cover past and future expenses relating to your baby's medical treatment. A successful lawsuit can also compensate you for the loss of income, emotional stress, and any other losses you have suffered.

Defective Drugs

Prescription drugs, over-the counter drugs, chemical exposure at home or at work, and environmental hazards are at fault for a variety of birth defects. Unfortunately, these medical conditions are extremely costly. Parents often wonder why their child's condition occurred and where to turn when bills pile up for costly treatments and procedures.

Drug makers must ensure that their products are tested thoroughly before they are sold, and are expected to anticipate any potential side effects. If they fail to do this and are found to be negligent, they could be accountable for any product liability lawsuits filed by consumers affected. A birth defect lawyer can help determine if a defective drug is the cause of the health issues of your child.

If you think that a birth defect in your child is caused by drugs, note your symptoms and save the packaging and receipts. You should also note the date you first noticed your child's symptoms. This information is crucial in determining the time limit for filing a claim.

If your child was exposed to a harmful substance that caused their condition, you've only one year to make a claim. A birth defect lawsuit defect lawyer can assist you to create a strong case and ensure that your child's legal rights are secured. They can also provide you with the financial assistance you need to cover the costs of necessary treatment.

Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

Birth defects are serious problems which affect the structure of the parts of a child's body. They may be caused through environmental toxins, adverse effects of certain medications or chromosomal or genetic abnormalities.

The team at Levy Konigsberg LLP is dedicated to helping families learn about the causes of birth defects and how they can pursue compensation from responsible parties. Our attorneys work with medical experts to determine the likelihood that a birth defect could be caused by chemical exposure or environmental factors.

Senior trial lawyer David Strouss is a leader in birth defect litigation, representing clients against major corporations that have exposed them to harmful chemicals. He has handled thousands of 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 as well as in agriculture industries, pesticide spray or drift exposures by crop dusters, as well as exposure to heavy metals, such as lead.

Victoria Phillips concentrates on complex litigation involving product liability, including birth defect cases. She graduated magna cum laude from Williams College and from Columbia Law School. She was an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan's District Attorney's Office before joining the firm. She has recouped millions of dollars in settlements for clients and is an expert in all sorts of litigation, including mass tort and class action claims.

Product Liability

Birth defects and birth injuries continue to occur despite the fact that modern medical technology has greatly decreased the risks associated with pregnancy. These issues can have a huge impact on the quality of life for infants and their parents.

While many birth defects and injuries result from genetic or environmental factors they can also be caused by the negligence of health professionals during pregnancy or delivery. These mistakes can be caused by prescribing wrong medications or failing to monitor the mother for signs prenatal damage.

It is often difficult to distinguish between a birth injury and a birth defect. While birth injuries happen during labor and birth and birth defects are a result of the womb, and often cause long-term damage to the fetus' overall body structure or function.

If a baby is born with a birth defect because of someone else's negligence act or inability to act the way it should, the child could be entitled to compensation. This compensation is granted to the victim and placed in trust for the benefit of the child.

Our Queens birth defects attorneys at Phillips & Paolicelli focus on environmental causes and work with a nationwide network of lawyers to investigate allegations of exposure to teratogens chemical that have been associated with developmental delays and congenital disabilities. Diane Paolicelli, managing partner, has dedicated her legal career of over 30 years to reclaiming women who have been exposed to toxic heavy metals, chemicals, and heavy metals that cause birth defects and reproductive issues in children.