Birth Injury
If you or someone you know has suffered from a birth injury in Connecticut, we can assist you with your claim. Put our decades of legal experience to work for you. We will advance all fees and expenses for your case including hiring experts to strengthen your case. Once the case is concluded, we will be reimbursed for the costs out of the recovery. If no recovery is attained, you do not owe anything for the costs and expenses, which will be absorbed by us. All cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means you do not pay us until we recover money for you.
1. What Is A Birth Injury and How Does it Occur?
Birth injuries can be caused by mistakes made by doctors or hospitals in a number of different ways, including, but not limited to:
- Excessive force used in the delivery of the baby including the use of forceps
- A delay in the performance of a necessary C-section
- Failing to recognize on a timely basis that the baby is in distress
- Depriving the baby of oxygen during the delivery
- Failure to order specific tests during pregnancy and/or not properly interpreting tests
- Lack of oxygen to the brain or trauma to the head during labor and delivery
2. What Problems Are Associated With Birth Injuries?
Because the types and degrees of birth injuries are so varied, the problems associated with these injuries can be quite different. The problems associated with birth injuries could include:
- Mental and physical developmental problems having lifetime implications
- Brain damage
- Respiratory problems
- Cerebral Palsy, which is a brain disorder that can cause problems affecting a person's ability to control muscles, walk, use one's arms and legs and may result in seizures and decreased mental abilities
- Erb's Palsy, which is an injury resulting in the compression of a person's brachial plexus nerves that control various arm functions. Often times a person who has Erb's palsy can develop arm length retardation as they grow
3. If My Child Suffered A Birth Injury What Should I Do?
It is extremely important that you contact us as soon as possible. It is critical not to do anything that might have a negative affect upon your case. We might advise you not to give any statements or sign any authorizations, so it is important to speak with is before you do something that could have a negative impact on your case. There are also potential notice requirements that, if missed, could result in the dismissal of your case.
4. How is Liability Determined?
The critical issue in many personal injury cases is just how a “reasonable person” would be expected to act in the situation that caused the injury. A person is negligent when he or she fails to act like a “reasonable person”. Whether a given person has met the “reasonable person standard” is often a matter that is decided by a jury after the presentation of evidence and argument trial. This is one of the many reasons why you should contact us as soon as possible so we can start to investigate and develop your case.
5. What Compensation Might I Receive If My Case is Successful?
Usually, a doctor, hospital or other health care provider who is liable for an injury--which generally means his or her liability insurance company--must pay an injured person for:
- Past and future medical care and related expenses
- Past and future income lost because of the incident
- Permanent physical disability or disfigurement
- Loss of family, social, and educational experiences
- Emotional damages, such as stress, embarrassment, depression, or strains on family relationships
- Punitive Damages (In Extraordinary Cases)
- Damaged Property
You will be awarded "damages," or money intended to restore you to the position you were in before your injury. This money is not considered income (excluding monies paid for loss of income) and is not taxable by the federal government or state.
6. How Do I Go About Getting Experts To Help Me With My Birth Injury Case?
We will be able to hire a team of experts that can assist in the development of your case, which, depending on your case can range from a private investigator, to doctors, to economists.
7. Who Will Pay The Expenses of Hiring All Of These Experts?
Our firm will advance all costs and expenses of your case as they are incurred. Once the case is concluded, we would be reimbursed for our costs out of the recovery. If there is no recovery, you will owe nothing for the costs and expenses, which will be absorbed by us. Additionally, you only pay us once you receive a settlement or award.
8. Do Any of Your Attorneys Have Any Specialized Training or Awards?
One of our attorneys has received Advanced Negotiation Training at the Harvard Law School and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum which is one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the U.S. For additional information please see our attorney biographies.
9. Why Should I Hire Hastings, Cohan and Walsh, LLP to Represent Me?
Because we are passionate about what we do and have decades of experience in representing Connecticut accident victims. Before you hire a lawyer, speak to an insurance adjuster, or sign any paperwork, order a copy of our free book "The Crash Course on Personal Injury Claims in Connecticut."
If you or someone you know has been injured due to a birth injury in Connecticut, you should contact us as soon as possible. Don't delay in consulting us so we can get to work for you right away.
Please call us at 1-888-842-8466 or complete our online form on the right hand side of this web page and tell us about your case.
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