About Brain Injury at Birth

Mobile Birth Injury Attorney

There are certain medical errors that can lead to brain damage to the baby during the birth process.  This can come about through a variety of circumstances, but the most common is when the baby is deprived of oxygen when too large to move through the birth canal.  This can be the result of the mother having had gestational diabetes, which commonly results in much larger babies.   If the attending physician failed to provide for the problems that could result from a large baby, and then fails further in noting that the baby is now oxygen deprived, the child could suffer brain damage in the birth process.  This very serious injury in many cases could have been avoided had the attending obstetrician arranged for a caesarean section prior to the birth.  Unfortunately, during the birth process there is a point after which this procedure can no longer be used, and the baby could suffer the tragic loss of abilities through lack of oxygen.  These cases require the assistance of a Mobile birth injury attorney.

Birth Injury Cases with Brain Damage

In brain damage cases, it is likely that an attorney from the Law Office of Timothy A. Hughes could take legal action against the physician or other medical professional who failed to recognize that the baby was in distress and take the action necessary to solve the problem.  Each case is unique as well as the degree of damage to the child; as such they must be fully reviewed and evaluated in order to determine how to proceed with legal action.  Contacting the firm by phone or email should be done at once, as the documentation and preparation of brain damage cases is a crucial matter, and in Alabama you have a restricted amount of time in which to file a claim for damages in personal injury cases.

In the most serious brain damage cases, the child will never lead a normal life; in others, the brain damage is less severe and the child may have certain abilities and others are diminished, including ability to speak, walk, or interact.  Some babies suffering from brain damage are not at first diagnosed, but they show certain symptoms when at home that cause the parents concern, such a low body temperature, constant crying, or being unable to sleep unless being held upright.  Later it may be discovered that these were symptoms of brain damage, in some cases cerebral palsy, and the child had been irreparably brain damaged through oxygen deprivation during the birth process. 

Any such case requires the skilled assistance of an attorney from the Law Office of Timothy A. Hughes.  The firm provides high quality, compassionate and dedicated legal representation in brain injury cases that are the result of medical negligence.  The firm will pursue maximum compensation for damages in such cases.

Contact a Mobile Birth Injury Lawyer from the Law Office of Timothy A. Hughes at once if your child has been the victim of a medical error that resulted in brain damage.