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Why You Should Hire a Birth Defect Lawyer

If your child is born with a birth defect, it can be devastating for your family as well as you. The cost of therapy, medical bills and other expenses can quickly accumulate.

A Hyattsville birth defect lawyer can assist you in filing claim for compensation for the cost of taking care of your child with disabilities. A legal claim for birth defects could be complicated, and you should consult with a legal professional as soon as you can.

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals must follow an appropriate standard of care when treating pregnant women and their babies. When a doctor's actions do not meet the standards and result in a birth defect or injury, they can be held accountable for damage suffered by their patient. A DC lawyer who has experience in birth defects lawsuits will help you determine whether your child's health issue was caused by a medical mistake during pregnancy or the birth.

A doctor could also be responsible for birth injuries if they fail to recognize or adequately respond to distress in the fetus. This can cause many serious problems like hypoxic-ischemic brain injury and hypoxic encephalopathy like cerebral palsy.

Birth injuries differ from birth defects in the sense that they are caused by events during pregnancy, delivery, or labor. Injuries can result from issues like Erb's syndrome, which occurs when the nerves that energize and control the arms of a newborn are stretched or damaged during birth and caput succedaneum, an increase in the size of the scalp. Both of them can cause permanent disability and ongoing treatment will cost a great deal of money. A Washington, DC lawyer who is skilled in birth defects can offer a free consultation to review your case, and decide on the best course for you and your baby.

Prescription Drugs

A birth defect attorney may be able help parents determine the root cause of a child's birth defect. While many birth defects are due to genetics and the factors that influence a mother's pregnancy but they can also happen due to medications. A number of commonly used medications have a significant effect on fetuses especially during the first trimester of a pregnancy. Anti-nausea medication, NSAIDs and chemotherapy medications are among the most popular. These medications have been proven to increase the risk of developing limb and heart defects, brain deformities and craniosynostois.

A doctor's duty is to consider the risks when prescribing medications for pregnant women. If doctors do not follow this standard of care, then they could be held accountable for malpractice. Pharmaceutical companies could be held liable as well for not adequately informing mothers about the risks associated with their medicines. For example, Zofran, a medication used to treat nausea in cancer patients, has been demonstrated to significantly increase the risk of major congenital defects in first trimester pregnancies.

A birth defect attorney can assist a family in obtaining compensation for medical expenses, loss of income and the quality of life. This could include hospital costs, doctor's fees, pharmaceutical costs and other expenses as well as assistive devices and therapy.

Chemical Exposure

A birth defect lawyer can bring a lawsuit on behalf of parents of children with congenital disabilities as a result of the negligence of companies which expose pregnant women and medications that cause birth defects. They are trained to identify the root of the birth defect to file a lawsuit against companies that expose mothers to teratogens during the time they are at work or in their homes.

Some of the exposures to chemicals that lead to birth defects are metals, fungicides, herbicides and other pesticides. They are referred to as teratogens because they affect the healthy development of the fetus producing chemical changes that block normal cell function or cause organs that are not properly formed. These chemicals are used in various settings, including the manufacturing of semiconductors, metal cleaning and paint production.

Other hazardous chemicals that could cause birth defects are aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbons, such as perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene or dichloroethane. These chemicals have been known to cause birth problems, including cardiac disorders in babies born to mothers exposed to them during the womb.

Parents have filed lawsuits against several companies involved in exposing the families of soldiers at Camp Lejeune to these harmful chemicals. Some of these birth defect lawyers have won substantial settlements for families whose children were born with severe defects due to the toxic chemical exposures on the base.

Environmental Exposure

Certain birth defects are caused by the combination of medical negligence and environmental conditions or chemicals. If a family suspects that the birth defects of a child could be the result of medical negligence or prescription drug overdose or exposure to harmful chemical such as benzene, they should seek out an DC birth injury attorney to discuss their case.

If pregnant women inhale or absorb contaminants from the environment They could cause serious birth defects. These substances are referred to as teratogens. More than 4 million chemicals can be found in our food, air and water. Some of these chemicals could be harmful to pregnant women.

For instance, arsenic found in drinking water and cadmium in coal that is contaminated may cause numerous birth defects and health problems. Industrial solvents like trichloroethylene, benzene, and toluene (a metal degreaser) are also linked to certain birth defects. Glycol ethers, used in the manufacture of semiconductors, silicon chips and video displays are recognized to increase a woman's risk of developing birth defects.

LK's experienced birth defect attorneys have brought many lawsuits on behalf of children who have suffered from a myriad of birth defects resulting from unintentional exposure to toxic chemicals and chemicals at work or in their homes. These lawsuits typically involve complicated scientific analysis and experts, such as toxicologists and epidemiologists, geneticists, embryologists and occupational medicine experts.