Birth Injuries

Phoenix, Arizona, Birth Injury Lawyers

Expectant parents place their trust in their obstetrician and hospital staff. When that trust is abused, and an unborn or newborn child is seriously, even fatally injured, the family suffers indescribable grief. In the midst of the grief that follows a birth injury, the parents are often faced with the question of how to pay extraordinary medical bills and provide life-long care for a child with special needs.

28,000 babies suffer birth injuries every year in the United States, ranging from minor injury suffered before, during, or after birth, to traumas that have a profound effect on the child's life and those that are fatal.

If your family has suffered a loss due to a birth injury, an attorney at our Phoenix, Arizona, firm, Alex & Gaxiola, will provide a free consultation and case evaluation. Please contact us to make arrangements. If your child's birth injury was the result of obstetrical negligence, our lawyers will assemble a powerful team of attorneys, nurse consultants, and medical, technical, economic, and life-care experts to present a compelling case on your behalf.

• A birth injury caused by oxygen deficiency during pregnancy or as a result of trauma during birth may have caused serious and permanently disabling brain damage, ranging from a learning disability to cerebral palsy. This brain damage may not be evident until the child is several months, even years, old.
• Other common birth injuries include Erb's palsy, or brachial plexus palsy, shoulder injuries that may heal shortly after birth, or may cause serious and permanent paralysis.
• Failure to perform a cesarean section, or an unnecessary delay is a common example of obstetrical negligence. If ultrasounds and other tests indicated the baby's head was too large for the birth canal, or the baby's heartbeat showed signs of fetal distress, the doctor may have been negligent in waiting to perform the c-section.
• Use of excessive force during delivery may cause a forceps injury and permanent brain, spinal cord, or other damage to the baby. Excessive force also can cause the mother's uterus to rupture.

When handling a claim for a birth injury, lawyers rely on evidence and statements of witnesses. It is extremely important that you consult with an attorney with the right experience if you feel your child's injury was the result of medical malpractice.

Our attorneys represent clients in mediation, arbitration, trials, and appeals throughout Arizona. For select cases, the attorneys will travel throughout Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and California to represent birth injury victims and their families.

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