Atlanta Birth Injury Lawyer
Atlanta Birth Injury Attorney Overview
You spent nine months picturing this day. You never pictured it going so wrong.
When a delivery-room mistake harms your baby or you, the future you’d been planning can vanish in an instant, replaced by machines, specialists, and questions no one seems willing to answer. If someone’s negligence caused that harm, you have a right to those answers and to compensation.
At Bey & Associates, our Atlanta birth injury lawyers take on the hospital or provider responsible, so you can put your energy where it belongs: on your family’s healing.
What and Who Causes Birth Injuries?
Knowing what causes birth injuries can help you catch trouble early or recognize afterward that what happened to you or your baby wasn’t simply bad luck.
According to Stanford Children’s Health, several factors raise the risk of a traumatic birth injury:
- Larger babies.
- Breech babies.
- A long pregnancy.
- Premature birth.
- Long labor.
- C-sections.
- Use of delivery tools.
- Mother’s pelvis or birth canal is smaller than normal.
- Other errors by medical professionals.
Other causes point to negligence: misreading tests, improper monitoring of the baby’s or mother’s vitals, epidural errors, and other mistakes by medical staff. When an injury does happen, more than one party may share the blame.
These can include:
- Other medical professionals.
- Defective medical tools.
- Drug administrators.
- Poorly manufactured drugs.
All of the above parties could have contributed to the injury that you or your baby sustained during childbirth. You’ll likely want to take legal action against them so that you can recover financial compensation. While this can’t undo how they harmed you, it can help you and your family move forward.
Atlanta Personal Injury Practice Areas
Medical Malpractice
Every time we enter the doors to a hospital, doctor's office, or other medical facility, we expect safe, competent care. When that doesn't happen, you deserve answers.
Car Accidents
A car wreck can change your life in the blink of an eye. If you’ve been seriously injured because of another driver’s negligence, you need help now.
Truck Accidents
Large truck and commercial truck accidents are some of the most devastating accidents we see across the United States and in Georgia.
Wrongful Death
The unexpected loss of a loved one is one of the most traumatic experiences a family can go through. When the death should have been prevented, the loss devastating.
Work Injuries
If you’ve been seriously injured while on the job, you’re likely already aware that your employer doesn’t make providing for your family a simple task.
Nursing Home Abuse
Even if you’re confident you’ve found a safe environment for them, it’s important to remember that there are negligent care facilities that abuse their residents.
Different Types of Birth Injuries
Birth injuries take many forms, and the type matters. A lasting or lifelong injury usually means more damages you can recover, so it helps to know exactly what you or your baby suffered.
Here are some of the injuries that can happen to a mother or a newborn during childbirth:
- Improper epidural administration for the mother.
- Abnormal tearing.
- Improper stitching.
- Pelvic floor damage.
- Uterine rupture.
- Prolapsed uterus.
- Swelling and bruising of the baby’s head.
- Bleeding in the brain or head.
- Fluid in the head.
- Facial nerve palsy.
- Erb’s palsy.
- Cerebral palsy.
- Internal organ damage.
- Brain damage.
- Nerve damage.
- Shoulder dystocia and clavicle fractures.
- Umbilical cord issues, like wrapping around the neck.
- Oxygen deprivation.
This list only covers some of the birth injuries that could occur to mothers and their babies during birth. If you think you or your baby suffered a birth injury, but it’s not listed above, you still could have sustained injury. Our Atlanta birth injury lawyer is here to help you figure that out.
Damages You Could Recover after Birth Injury
As mentioned above, filing a birth injury claim can’t reverse what’s happened to you.
However, it can help you recover from the financial toll it’s taken on your family or will take in the future. Knowing the different types of damages you can seek can be helpful, so you can fully understand what’s on the table in your claim.
The two main types of damages are economic and non-economic, which your lawyers will fight to recover by proving the other party’s negligence caused your injuries. Economic damages are more of the physical damages you sustained, whereas non-economic damages are the more abstract costs you suffered.
Here are some examples of the damages you can recover from a birth injury claim, both economic and non-economic:
- Medical expenses.
- Medical equipment.
- Treatment costs.
- Long-term care costs.
- Lost wages.
- Pain and suffering.
- Emotional distress.
- Loss of enjoyment of life.
- Partial or permanent disability.
In addition to these kinds of damages, it’s also possible you could qualify for punitive damages if gross negligence was involved. These types of damages are rarer, but your Atlanta birth injury lawyer will know what you’re eligible for in compensation.
They’ll fight to get you the full and fair financial recovery you deserve.
Find the Help You Need Near You
With locations from coast to coast, it’s easy to get support in your area. Choose your location, reach out, and we’ll take it from there.