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Birth Defect Attorneys

If your child has an birth defect that is the result of negligence, you are entitled to compensation. These damages include medical costs loss of income, punitive damages in a few cases.

A Pompano Beach injury attorney can assist you in obtaining compensation to cover your child's injuries and future medical expenses. Common causes of birth defects include medical negligence, defective drugs and toxic exposure.

Medical Malpractice

The medical professionals who treat your child can have an enormous impact on the future of your family. If they make a misstep that results in birth defects or injuries your child may be faced with years of financial strain and physical and emotional challenges throughout their life.

Birth injury lawyers can help you file a claim for compensation against the people responsible for your child’s medical problems. It could be a medical professional, a hospital, or something that happened before the birth of your child. A Queens birth defect lawyer can evaluate your case and provide valuable information, and connect you with medical professionals to review the evidence.

A doctor may make a mistake which leads to birth defects for instance when they prescribed medication that increased the chances of your baby's condition or if they failed to perform certain tests or screenings during pregnancy. These are all instances of medical malpractice that could be grounds for a lawsuit. If you believe that a mistake in your medical treatment caused birth defects in your child, you may be entitled to compensation for your past and future health care costs. A successful lawsuit can also compensate you for the loss of income, your emotional stress, and other losses you have suffered.

Defective Drugs

Many birth defects result from prescription drugs and over-the counter medications as well as exposure to chemicals at the home or at work and other environmental dangers. Unfortunately, these medical conditions are costly. Parents often question what caused the child's illness and what to do when the bills for expensive treatments and procedures mount up.

Medications are required to undergo thorough testing before they can be sold on the market, and manufacturers are required to identify any possible adverse reactions. They could be held accountable for product liability suits filed by consumers in the event that they fail to comply with this. A birth defect lawyer can help determine if a defective medication is to blame for the health complications of your child.

If you think that the birth defect you are seeing in your child is caused by a drug, document your symptoms and save the packaging and receipts. It is also important to note the date on which you first observed the symptoms of your child. This information is crucial in determining the time limit to file an insurance claim.

If your child was exposed to a toxic substance that caused their condition, you've only one year to make a claim. A birth defect lawyer can help you build an effective case and ensure that your child's legal rights are protected. They can also provide the financial assistance you require to pay for necessary treatment.

Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

Birth defects are serious illnesses that change the structure of a particular part of the body of a newborn. The effects of environmental toxins, certain medications genetic or chromosomal problems, or other factors can cause birth defects.

Levy Konigsberg LLP's team is committed to helping families better understand the causes of birth defects as well as what they can do to seek compensation from the responsible parties. Our attorneys work with a team of medical experts to determine whether an individual birth defect is caused by exposure to chemicals or other environmental factors.

David Strouss, managing partner and senior trial lawyer, is a leading lawyer in birth defects litigation. He defends clients against large corporations who have exposed them toxic chemicals. He has handled thousands cases in the United States and across the globe. He was the prosecutor in some of the first birth defect lawsuits, involving glycol ether and other solvent exposures in semiconductor manufacturing as well as in agriculture industries, pesticide spray or drift exposures by crop dusters, as well as exposure to heavy-metals like lead.

Victoria Phillips focuses on complex product liability litigation as well as birth defect cases. She graduated from Williams College with a magna sum laude and Columbia Law School. Prior to joining the firm, she worked as an Assistant District Attorney at Manhattan's District Attorney's Office. She has secured millions of dollars in settlements for clients and is an expert in all types litigation, including mass tort and class action claims.

Product Liability

Although modern medical technology has significantly reduced the risks associated with childbirth birth injuries and birth defects are frequent. These conditions can have a major impact on the quality of life for infants and their parents.

While many birth defects and injuries are the result of environmental or genetic causes however, they could also be caused by medical professionals' negligence during pregnancy or the birth. These mistakes could be caused by prescribing the wrong medication or not observing the mother for signs of damage to her prenatal body.

The distinction between a birth injury and a birth defect can be confusing. While birth injuries happen during labor and delivery however, birth defects can develop in the womb and typically affect the body of the fetus' structure or function.

If a child is born with a birth defect due to someone else's negligent act or failure to act or act appropriately, the child may be entitled to compensation. The compensation is paid to the victim and kept in trust for the benefit of the child.

At Phillips & Paolicelli, our Queens birth defect lawyers concentrate on the environmental causes that cause these conditions and collaborate with a national network of lawyers to investigate allegations of exposure to teratogen chemicals that are linked to congenital disabilities, developmental delays and other grave birth defects. Our managing partner Diane Paolicelli has dedicated her 30-year legal career to vindicating women exposed to arsenic and mercury and other toxic heavy metals and chemicals that can cause birth defects and reproductive issues in children.