Many birth injuries are completely avoidable. The rate of birth injuries is generally decreasing because of a reduction in forceps use during deliveries. Nonetheless, nearly half of birth injuries that occur are preventable, meaning that babies and mothers are injured every year due to medical mistakes.
One of the first things that your birth injury lawyer will do is work with medical experts to determine if the birth injury was preventable. Certain categories of birth injuries, such as brachial plexus, cerebral palsy, and Erb’s palsy, strongly imply some sort of negligence. Nonetheless, our attorneys will analyze and recreate the events that led up to the birth injury.
