Birth Injury Lawyer Alabama
The joy of having a child can quickly become a nightmare. Birth injuries can happen to the mother, baby, or both. The impact can last the lifetime of the infant, leaving them with chronic health conditions or making it more difficult, if not impossible, for the mother to have more children.
If you or your baby were injured while giving birth in Alabama, we want to hear your story. Our Alabama birth injury lawyers from Marsh | Rickard | Bryan, LLC, can help you explore your legal options, including demanding compensation from the doctor or medical care facility. Call our offices today.
The Lifelong Impact Of Birth Injuries
A birth injury can happen in many ways, but often, it’s a result of a healthcare provider failing to address the critical needs of a woman in labor or a baby in fetal distress. A failure to notice signs of fetal distress or problems with labor could lead to conditions like Brachial Palsy, bruising or forceps marks, facial paralysis, fractures, a subconjunctival hemorrhage, or even death. Some birth injuries leave the baby with a lifetime of health complications or cognitive problems. These children may never be able to live on their own, work, or take care of themselves without assistance.
Birth injuries don’t just affect the baby. The woman delivering the baby may hemorrhage, experience pelvic organ prolapse, suffer painful vaginal tears or episiotomy complications, experience a uterine rupture (which could be fatal for both mother and baby), or be left with lifelong incontinence problems or fertility issues.
Caring for a child with chronic health conditions or a birth-injury-caused disability alters the entire family. The cost of NICU services, specialist medical care, or an in-home nurse or home health aide quickly adds up. Over the infant’s lifetime, the cost of care for a birth injury could easily reach into the millions of dollars. Your family shouldn’t have to shoulder this financial burden alone. Our Alabama birth injury lawyers can help you.
Costs Of A Birth Injury
If you, your baby, or both of you have been hurt because of a healthcare provider’s negligence or oversight during labor or delivery, you could be eligible for compensation to cover your current and future medical needs, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and other losses. An Alabama birth injury attorney can help you determine whether you have a case against a doctor, hospital, nurse, or other provider, and if a mistake by them injured you or your baby. We are happy to discuss your options in your initial free consultation.
Schedule Your Free Consultation Today
Do you need help after a birth injury in Alabama? We’re on your side, providing compassionate yet tenacious legal advocacy for you and your family. Call Marsh | Rickard | Bryan, LLC, today for a free consultation.
