Options in the Event of a Birth Injury

Do you think your baby suffered an avoidable birth injury? Have thoughts of healthcare worker error or negligent doctors entered your mind? If so, you need the guidance and knowledge of the experienced birth injury attorneys at The Donahey Law Firm LLP. We will explain the seriousness and complexity of medical malpractice issues and help you evaluate your potential options if you decide to seek medical damages and other compensation.

How Injuries Occur

Birth injuries happen in a variety of ways, usually causing brain damage and dysfunctional body movement. Here are examples of events that lead to birth injuries:

• Failure to observe fetal distress in a timely manner
• Lack of oxygen to the brain from a prolapsed umbilical cord or a delayed cesarean section
• Excessive force at delivery
• Untreated seizures after birth
• Improper planning for delivery – baby too large for birth canal
• Lawsuits for Birth Injuries

Birth injuries often mean a lifetime of expenses for healthcare services, caregivers, special therapies, medication, and more, not to mention the emotional and psychological suffering of the parents. Filing a lawsuit requires precise medical records, journals of your observations, meetings with expert witnesses, and the possibility of a long, arduous trial. Nevertheless, it is your personal right to seek recourse. If you think your child’s birth injury may be the result of a medical malpractice birth injury then you should quickly seek advice from a birth injury attorney. Ohio has a one-year deadline for filing medical malpractice suits. This time limit is known as a statute of limitations. If you miss the deadline, you will not have recourse for a medical malpractice action.

Schedule a free consultation with the birth injuries lawyers at The Donahey Law Firm by e-mail at help@donaheylaw.com, or call us at 800.686.1699. We can meet with you at one of our four locations throughout central Ohio, or we will come to you in our mobile office.