Our Jersey City birth injury lawyers understand the stress that you and your family are under in the aftermath of a difficult birth. We want to give you the legal tools that you need to demand justice for your mistreatment at the hands of medical professionals.
O’Connor, Parsons, Lane & Noble and its Jersey City medical malpractice lawyers believe in offering new parents access to supportive legal professionals who can dedicate their time and resources to their pursuit of justice. You are part of our team and can trust us to make your fight for birth injury compensation as straightforward as possible.
We’ve served tens of thousands of clients since opening our doors in 2008. Book a free case consultation with us today to learn more about the legal claims process.
What Are Common Birth Injuries?
Most birth injuries stem from medical professionals’ negligence during labor and birth. Some of the most common injuries include:
- Bone fractures, including damage to the clavicle, humerus, vertebrae, and spinal cord
- Contusions
- Brain damage
- Paralysis
- Shoulder dystocia
Unfortunately, a prolonged lack of blood flow to the brain can cause a child to develop cerebral palsy. If a child suffers from brachial plexus injuries during labor, that child may be at a higher risk for Erb’s Palsy, or Erb-Duchenne palsy, which results from nerve damage in the neck.
All of these conditions, and any injuries that a birthing parent sustains, need to be treated with the utmost care. Newborn children and their parents need support during these difficult times if they want to secure the tools they need to overcome the new challenges ahead of them.
When Should You Contact a Jersey City Birth Injury Lawyer?
If you have questions about your right to take legal action after a medical institution puts you and your child at a higher risk for birth injuries, we encourage you to schedule a free case consultation with our birth injury malpractice group. Your case consultation doesn’t commit you to legal action but lets you discuss how you can approach your child’s recovery instead.
We recommend that parents get in touch with a Jersey City, NJ, birth injury lawyer as soon as possible after they realize that a child has a serious birth injury.
Parents who decide to work with us can rely on our attorneys to independently investigate and craft a case on their behalf, without infringing on their need to pursue medical care for their child.
O’Connor, Parsons, Lane & Noble treats each of its clients like part of the family and prides itself on its consistent client communication. We’ll never make you feel like you’re behind on your case, but can instead answer every question you have about the tools you can use to pursue compensation on behalf of a child injured during labor or birth.
How to Hold Medical Institutions Liable for Birth Injuries
If you want to hold certain parties accountable for your child’s birth-related injuries, you need to bring forward evidence proving that a professional’s behavior fell below the industry’s standard of care. Doing so may require you to reach out to third-party medical professionals for diagnoses, speak with witnesses, or interpret medical data related to your child’s birth.
We leverage our years of experience during this process, ensuring that you can make the most of the data available to you. Our support makes it easier to name physicians, midwives, nurses, doctors, and even entire medical institutions liable for your child’s birth injuries. We can argue that:
- Medical professionals inappropriately used obstetric tools at the time of your child’s birth
- Medical professionals failed to perform a necessary C-section
- Medical professionals and institutions failed to monitor your child, leading to harm during labor and birth
- You did not receive adequate care during labor, delivery, and immediately following your child’s birth
Who Can File a Birth Injury Claim?
The state of New Jersey allows new parents to take legal action on behalf of a child who suffered birth injuries. Parents must abide by the state’s statute of limitations if they want to file for injury compensation in civil court. Children who want to take legal action against the institutions that failed them can file medical malpractice claims upon reaching 18 years old.
Additionally, birthing parents injured during labor can take legal action against negligent medical institutions or professionals. However, injured parents need to file separate claims for damages and may not include their losses in a child’s birth injury lawsuit.
You can discuss how you want to approach a fight for birth injury compensation during a free case consultation with a birth injury lawyer in Jersey City, NJ.
How to Value Your Birth Injury Case
It can feel impossible to assign a dollar value to your child’s birth injuries. If you want to demand compensation for someone else’s negligence, though, you need to account for the different ways that birth injuries have impacted your family’s financial situation. There’s no average value that we can refer to. Every birth injury case includes unique losses.
We base the value of our clients’ birth injury cases on the severity of the injuries that a child suffered at the hands of a negligent party. We also account for new costs in parents’ lives, including lost wages, lost workplace benefits, and a child’s ongoing and necessary medical care.
We can also assign a dollar value to the child’s lost quality of life. In some cases, we may have the opportunity to ask for financial support based on the degree of negligence that impacted a child’s injuries, including whether or not that negligence stemmed from recklessness or deliberate carelessness.
Contact O’Connor, Parsons, Lane & Noble for Support
After you book a free birth injury case consultation with our team, you can discuss how you want to approach your fight for justice. Working with us does not lock you into a legal trial but instead gives you access to professional investigators who can gather the evidence necessary to hold medical institutions and specialists responsible for your child’s injuries.
We can help you file a claim and can complete the demand letter necessary to kickstart legal proceedings. We can go on to represent you throughout settlement negotiations, all while emphasizing your right to a comprehensive suite of birth injury damages. We’re not afraid to litigate, either, and can stand up for you if your case goes to trial.
We want your family to have the time and resources you need to heal. If you’re ready to take action, contact a birth injury attorney in Jersey City, NJ, today.