Maryland Birth Defect Lawyer

When you are expecting a child, you might hope first and foremost that the child is healthy. But unfortunately that is not always the case. When doctors make mistakes during a delivery, your child's life (and yours) can be changed forever. If so, you may be facing a lifetime of medical bills, caretaking, expensive medical treatments, and therapies for your son or daughter. You may even have to quit your job to provide twenty-four hour care for them.

Your attorney may be able to help by ensuring your rights are protected throughout the process of trying to recover everything you are entitled to. It is helpful to talk to a lawyer if your child has suffered from any injuries including:

Facial paralysis. Facial paralysis may mean that a child has difficulty eating, drinking, and even speaking. He or she may not be able to smile because of lack of muscle control, or nerve damage that occurred at birth. You may become well-acquainted with plastic surgeons, otolaryngologists, neurologists, ophthalmologists, speech pathologists in order to help solve facial paralysis problems.

Cerebral Palsy. Many people think Cerebral Palsy is just one kind of birth injury. In fact, it is made up of many different conditions that affect the brain and nervous systems. This type of palsy can include varieties such as spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, hypotonic, and mixed. Trauma during delivery is one cause of Cerebral Palsy - and your child may not be able to move, learn, hear, see, or think the way other children do as a result.

Erb's Palsy. This is a type of arm paralysis that can occur during delivery. When specific nerves of the upper arm are damaged, Erb's Palsy can result. You may be able to reverse a particular strain, but it can involve extensive rehabilitative therapy, or several surgeries. Certain cases are ineligible for treatment - such victims are handicapped for life.

Does your child suffer another birth injury or condition that you don't see on the list above? If so, contact a Maryland birth defect lawyer. Some have free consultations, so it costs nothing for you to decide whether or not you want to pursue the case.

If you feel like you might have a claim, or if you just have some questions about your situation that you need answers to, please call our attorneys to schedule a free consultation where they will be able to assist you with understanding the facts of your case.

Locations

New Carrollton

There's no way to put a dollar figure on your child's health. But after a birth defect or injury, you'll soon see that there is a value on their condition. Medical costs for such problems can be astronomical and last for years. When the defect or injury was preventable, you shouldn't have to suffer any more than you already are. Our attorneys in New Carrollton can help.

Upper Marlboro

You pay your medical insurance premiums or pay cash out of pocket to a physician because you want to know there will be a high standard of care when you're in need of medical treatments. To be let down by someone who you trusted with your body and/or the body of your infant is a disappointment, to say the very least. If your child was born with a birth defect or birth injury, contact the attorneys with Price Benowitz LLP today.

Prince George's County

In addition to the heartache of having a child born with a birth defect, you have to deal with the costs. Some of these injuries and lasting birth defects require lifelong treatment and therapies. These medical treatments can carry a hefty price tag, sometimes so much that it's impossible for you to pay. Fortunately, if the doctor made a mistake during labor and delivery or even missed signs that there would be a problem during prenatal care, you could be entitled to compensation.<

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We work throughout the state defending victims of unnecessary birth defects, so if you need representation in Montgomery County, Rockville, Silver Spring, Baltimore, Ellicott City, Howard County, Harford County, Hyattsville, Colelge Park, Greenbelt, Bowie, Gaithersburg or anywhere else throughout the state, please contact us as soon as possible for more information about how we may be able to help.