Birth Injury Attorney

Birth Injury Attorneys are your lifeline when you know your child was injured during birth. The attorneys work alongside you to ensure you are compensated for your injury. We are a team of expert attorneys who have dedicated our practice to nothing but Injuries related to birth. Cerebral palsy, erb's palsy etc are some of the examples of injury related diseases.

Erb’s Palsy is caused by damage to the brachial plexus nerves.  Damage to these nerves most commonly occurs during delivery.  Frequently, the doctor applies excessive force stretching or tearing the nerves after a condition known as shoulder dystocia is encountered.

Shoulder dystocia is an emergency situation where the child’s shoulder will not pass the mothers pelvic bone.  When this occurs instead of applying brute force to pull the child the doctor should perform techniques such as the McRobert’s maneuver, cut a deep episiotomy, and/or exert suprapubic pressure etc. to dislodge the shoulder.

Frequently, the doctor should recognize the risk of shoulder dystocia before delivery.   For example if the mother is carrying a large child or the child has the potential to become large due to conditions such as gestational diabetes or others.   Here, the doctor should recognize the risk for shoulder dystocia and a c-section should be performed to avoid the injury.

In fact there are many instances which occur that should alert the doctor that there is a high risk for the child to encounter shoulder dystocia and a c-section to be performed to avoid injury to the child.