Illinois Birth Injury Lawyers

Approximately 27 out of every 1,000 births involve a birth related injury.  The most common are cerebral palsy, oxygen deprivation, mental retardation, Erb’s Palsy, Klumpke’s Palsy and Brachial Plexus injuries and are the result of medical negligence or error.  A baby with a birth injury may recover, or may suffer lifelong physical and/or mental limitations.  Filing a medical malpractice claim when birth injuries are permanent provides the possibility for both the newborn and his or her family to recover monetary damages.

A difficult birth or injury to the baby can occur because of the baby’s size or the position during labor and delivery. A birth injury is categorized as any type of damage or injury afflicted to an infant’s body before, during, or slightly after the child’s birth. Complications through the course of pregnancy or labor can result in a wide variety of complications for a newborn baby.

Birth injuries vary greatly – from very minor to being so severe as to cause the death of the infant.

Types of Birth Injuries:

• Erb’s Palsy
• Cerebral Palsy
• Breech Delivery
• Brain Damage
• Delayed Cesarean Section
• Placenta Abruption
• Failure to notice Fetal Distress
• Medical Negligence
• Shoulder Dystocia
• Failure to do a Caesarian (C-section)
• Failure to diagnose a complicating condition (such as preecclampsia)
• Wrongfully induced labor
• Hypoxia (oxygen deprivation)
• Brachial Plexus

The disabilities and impairments range from lack of muscle control and learning disabilities to paralysis and the need for round-the-clock care. If your child has suffered a birth injury or birth defect as the result of medical malpractice, you need the assistance of a skilled medical malpractice and personal injury attorney.

From the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand, the bronchial plexus is a network of nerves that conducts signal from the spine. Brachial plexus injuries are caused by to those nerves.

There Are Four Types of Brachial Plexus Injuries:

• Avulsion, the most severe type, in which the nerve is torn from the spine
• Rupture, in which the nerve is torn but not at the spinal attachment
• Neuroma, in which the nerve has torn and healed but scar tissue puts pressure on the injured nerve and prevents it from conducting signals to the muscles
• Neuropraxia or stretch, in which the nerve has been damaged but not torn.