Birth Injuries: Injuries sustained during labor and delivery by the infant are often the result of negligence on the part of the hospital personnel and/or obstetrician, and can lead to neurological deficits such as cerebral palsy and brachial plexus injuries.
Examples of circumstances that may lead to birth injuries:
- Failure to diagnose and treat gestational diabetes in the mother may lead to macrosomia (big baby) and difficult labor and delivery;
- Delay in delivery when fetal monitor tracings are non-reassurring;
- Failure to perform a cesarean section when there are indications that the baby cannot safely be delivered vaginally.
If your infant or child has neurological problems, and there were problems with the labor and delivery, there may be a connection between the problems with the delivery and the injuries.
Robert W. Karr & Associates, Chicago medical malpractice attorneys, have obtained significant compensation for children who sustained birth injuries as the result of medical malpractice on the part of obstetricians, nurses and hospital personnel.
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