Your newborn’s arrival should be a joyous and momentous occasion. If an injury marred your baby’s birth, our law firm will help you get to the bottom of what happened. We know investigating a birth injury is a complex medical and legal matter. Your Springfield personal injury lawyer will identify the at-fault party or parties and seek compensation from all applicable insurers.
Understanding the legal parameters that affect your case is difficult on your own. Your Springfield birth injury attorney will fight for fair compensation for your child’s current condition and future needs. Contact one of our team members at The Fitch Law Firm LLC to start fighting for your child’s rights today.
Damages Your Springfield Birth Injury Attorney Will Pursue for You and Your Family
A birth injury can have long-term, even lifelong, consequences that can lead to substantial treatment costs. We will request compensation for all the current and future medical, rehab, and mental health care related to your child’s birth injury.
According to Ohio Revised Code Section 2315.18, additional compensation in personal injury cases can include:
- Specialized education
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy
- Assistive medical devices
- Home and car modifications
We will also request the noneconomic damages you are entitled to recover, including pain and suffering and diminished quality of life. Your Springfield birth injury lawyer will create a detailed list of your recoverable damages and collect documents to support their monetary value.
How We Will Define Financial Liability in Your Springfield Birth Injury Case
Healthcare providers should meet the standard of acceptable care when treating you during your pregnancy and you and your baby during delivery. A birth injury can result from one or multiple people’s actions. It can also be the result of faulty medical equipment or facilities.
Your Springfield medical malpractice lawyer will explore all potential at-fault parties, including those with direct and indirect liability. Direct liability can involve pursuing a medical professional, while indirect liability can involve pursuing the hospital that employs them.
Proving liability in either case still means proving the elements of negligence, including:
- Duty of care
- Breach of duty
- Causation
- Damages
Your personal injury attorney will collect the evidence needed to prove negligence and establish your right to financial recovery.
Types of Birth Injury Cases The Fitch Law Firm LLC Handles
A birth injury can result from one or more negligent actions or failures to act. When a birth injury attorney from our team represents you, our investigation will identify the circumstances that led to your child’s injury. According to the Merck Manual, birth injuries can result from:
- Dangerously high or low birth weight
- Obstructed labor due to pelvic issues
- Abnormal birthing position presentations (such as a breech birth)
- Decreased blood flow
- Use of forceps to remove the child
Common birth injuries include:
- Brachial, Erb’s, Cerebral, or Klumpke’s Palsy
- Phrenic nerve and spinal cord injuries
- Birth asphyxia
- Broken bones
- Intracranial hemorrhage
If negligence, inattention, improper prenatal care, or lack of monitoring before, during, or after their birth caused your child’s birth injury, your birth injury lawyer serving families in Springfield will advocate for you. Call The Fitch Law Firm LLC now for your free birth injury consultation.
Focus on Caring for Your Child—Our Law Firm Will Build a Compelling Case File
Compiling the evidence your case needs can be time-consuming and emotionally sensitive. Our legal team will handle this for you, including requesting your prenatal care medical records from every healthcare professional and facility where you received treatment.
We will also collect evidence such as:
- Your child’s complete medical records to date
- The medical provider’s licensing and history
- Statements from professional and lay witnesses
- Testimonials from medical and financial experts
- Hospital and equipment maintenance records
The evidence we compile will prove causation and establish your right to damages. We will also add any information we recover through the discovery process. Your case file can steer your case away from a trial and toward an out-of-court settlement.
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Let a Springfield Birth Injury Lawyer Fight for Your Financial Compensation
When we start working on your case sooner than later, we can speak to witnesses while their memories are fresh and vivid. We can also preserve crucial evidence. To bolster and support your case, we will also:
- Consult medical experts
- Consult financial experts
- File your insurance claim
- File your birth injury lawsuit
- Communicate with the insurance company and liable parties on your behalf
- Clarify relevant Ohio laws
- Negotiate with the insurance company for a fair settlement
If we cannot reach a favorable settlement, we will not hesitate to take your case to court. We will provide compassionate but aggressive legal service while fighting for the best possible outcome for you and your son or daughter.
What Our 30+ Years of Experience in Personal Injury Cases Mean for You
In addition to providing results-driven legal service, we are also committed to 360-degree client support. During your free consultation, we want to hear about your case in your own words, not by reading stacks of documents.
We’ll work hard to give you and your case the attention to detail it requires. One of our team members is available 24/7, and we will travel to you as needed.
Your Birth Injury Lawyer Will Accept Your Case on a Contingency Fee Basis
The cost of suing for compensation does not have to be overwhelming or out of your reach. Concern over legal fees does not have to mean you deal with your case’s legal, medical, and insurance details and intricacies alone.
Our law firm will not request any upfront fees from you. Instead, we will cover all the costs of investigating, preparing, and filing your case. Putting our client-focused team to work on your birth injury case is risk-free. Our fee will be a percentage of your financial award. If you do not recover damages, you will not owe us anything.
Call Now for Your No-Cost, No-Obligation Birth Injury Case Consultation
If your child suffered an injury at birth, you could be entitled to compensation. Your Springfield birth injury lawyer will advocate for you and your son or daughter. We can deal with the insurance company, adjuster, and negotiation process.
Learn more about our no-win, no-fee policy with a free consultation. Contact our consultation team at The Fitch Law Firm LLC to schedule yours today.