Tampa Birth Injury Lawyer
If you or your newborn has suffered serious injuries during childbirth, you may be entitled to financial compensation. Contact a regarded birth injury lawyer in Tampa for more information.
The birth of your child should be one of the most wonderful days of your life. But, when your medical team makes mistakes that cause you or your baby to suffer devastating injuries, they should be held accountable. You might feel overwhelmed at the prospect of taking legal action. You’ve been through enough.
For this reason, having a compassionate Tampa birth injury lawyer at Anderson & Anderson by your side can make all the difference. Our team will be by your side every step of the way. We’ll help you understand what to expect and work diligently to ensure justice is served.
Common Types of Birth Injuries in Tampa
When you or your child have suffered a birth injury, you may be worried about the long-term impact of the injury. Your child’s life only just started, and now, they may need medical care for some time. Or, if you were injured during childbirth, you find yourself struggling to deal with painful injuries while learning how to parent your newborn.
At Anderson & Anderson, we understand that this is a painful situation, and we’re here to help. Talk to a Tampa birth injury lawyer about any of these common types of birth injuries and your legal options to pursue personal injury compensation.
As traumatizing as birth injuries are, they actually occur more frequently than you might think. In cases where your medical team could have prevented these injuries from occurring, you may be entitled to financial compensation. Some of the most common types of birth injuries in Tampa include:
- Caput succedaneum
- Cerebral palsy
- Brachial plexus palsy (Erb’s palsy)
- Aspirating meconium
- Perinatal asphyxiation
- Facial paralysis
- Cephalohematoma
- Fractured collarbones
- Oxygen deprivation
There are many other ways a newborn and their mother can be injured during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. If you or your newborn has suffered another type of birth injury that was not listed above, don’t hesitate to reach out to our firm to discuss your legal options.
Brain Injuries
When your child was born, they might have suffered brain trauma during the delivery. The birth canal itself can put pressure on the baby’s skull, leading to bruising and other injuries. In other cases, a doctor’s mishandling may be the cause of your child’s brain injuries.
For example, if forceps or other tools were used during their birth, your child may have been bruised or otherwise injured by them. A mistake can also lead to intracranial hemorrhaging, or bleeding in the baby’s brain. This can have life-changing impacts on your child’s health.
Erb’s Palsy
When the nerves controlling a baby’s arms and hands are damaged, the child may be unable to move properly. This can be distressing for you and your child—a stress that could have been avoided if the doctor was more careful.
Damage to this nerve, called the brachial plexus, can be repaired, but in some cases, your child may need surgery. That can be a scary option for you and your child. It’s also an option you shouldn’t have to pay for out of your own pocket. Reach out to a lawyer if your child is injured and needs care because of a doctor’s actions.
Bone Fractures
Newborn babies are fragile and must be handled with care, but doctors aren’t always so careful. Because of this, your child might have suffered a broken bone. This injury may happen during breech deliveries, but in some cases, the doctor may have been careless in their handling of the delivery. Talk to your lawyer about your legal options if your newborn suffered a broken bone.
Nerve Injuries
Mistakes during birth can affect a newborn’s nerves. That’s not just in the case of brachial palsy or Erb’s palsy, either. The doctor might have caused facial paralysis by using the wrong tools during delivery, for example. Too much pressure on a newborn can cause a lack of movement on part of the face. While this may clear up on its own, it may also require surgery to correct.
A newborn’s spine is also at risk of damage if a doctor doesn’t handle the situation with care. A careless action could leave your child paralyzed if the doctor’s misstep damaged the spinal cord.
When to Sue for a Tampa Birth Injury
Understanding when a birth injury could have been prevented is a challenge, as there are endless reasons why a complication could occur at any stage of pregnancy, labor, or delivery.
When your Tampa midwife, nurse, obstetrician, or other medical professional involved in your prenatal care and delivery team makes a mistake, you can hold them accountable by filing a birth injury lawsuit against them.
Again, you may not know whether this is true for your case. For example, in brachial plexus birth injuries, they are frequently caused by shoulder dystocia, which is a common pregnancy complication.
But, if the person delivering your baby failed to take the necessary steps to deliver the baby as they should have been trained to do so when mother and baby are suffering shoulder dystocia, they could be to blame for your baby’s brachial plexus birth injury.
Contact an Experienced Tampa Birth Injury Lawyer Today
If you are interested in learning more about how a highly qualified Tampa birth injury lawyer at Anderson & Anderson could help you not only secure the compensation your family needs to rebuild your lives, but also prevent another family from having to endure what yours has been through, contact our office to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation.
We can be reached through the quick contact form at the bottom of this page or by calling us at 813-251-0072.
