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Why You Should Hire a Birth Defect Lawyer

If your child was born with an anomaly in the birth, it can have a devastating effect on you and your family. Medical bills, therapy expenses and other losses can quickly add up.

A Hyattsville birth defect lawyer could assist you in filing an action to collect compensation for the costs of taking care of your child with disabilities. Legal claims for birth defects are complex, so it is important to seek legal advice immediately.

Medical Malpractice

Medical professionals must adhere to a certain standard when treating pregnant women or their babies. If a doctor's actions do not meet the standards and result in birth defects or injuries, they can be held accountable for the damages sustained by their patient. A DC lawyer who has experience in birth defect lawsuits can help you determine whether your child's health condition may have been caused by an error in medical care during pregnancy or the birth.

A doctor may also be held responsible for birth injuries if they fail identify fetal distress, or are unable to respond in a timely manner. This can lead to various serious problems, including hypoxic-ischemic neuropathy and brain injuries like cerebral palsy.

Birth injuries differ from birth defects in the sense that they are caused by circumstances during pregnancy, birth, or labor. A possible injury is Erb's spalsy, where the nerves controlling the baby's arms and limbs are stretched or torn. Another form of injury is caput succedaneum which is a swelling on the scalp. Both of them can cause permanent disability, and continued treatment will cost lots of money. A Washington, DC birth defect lawyer can offer a no-cost initial consultation to analyze your case and determine the best way to proceed for you and your child.

Prescription Drugs

A birth defect lawyer may be able help parents determine the cause for the birth injury of a child. While many birth defects are the result of the genetics of a mother's pregnancy, they can also occur as a result of medication. Many common medications can have negative effects on foetuses. This is particularly applicable in the early months of pregnancy. These include anti-nausea drugs such as NSAIDs, chemotherapy medicines including certain antibiotics, and many more. These drugs have been found to increase the risk of limb and heart defects, brain deformities, and craniosynostosis.

It is the professional responsibility of doctors to consider these risks when prescribing medicines for pregnant women. If doctors fail to adhere to this standard of care they could be held accountable for medical malpractice. Pharma companies may also be held accountable for not adequately informing mothers of the risks associated with their medications. Zofran is a drug used to treat nausea in cancer patients, has been found to increase the risk of major defects in first-trimester pregnancies.

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

Chemical Exposure

A birth defect lawyer may bring an action on behalf of families of children who suffer from congenital disabilities resulting from the negligence of businesses that expose pregnant women to chemicals or drugs that cause birth defects. These lawyers are specially trained to determine the root of birth defects, so that they can bring a lawsuit against companies that expose pregnant women to teratogens either at work or at home.

Metals, fungicides herbicides and pesticides are a few chemicals that can cause birth defects. These chemicals are called teratogens due to their impact on the development of the fetus through producing chemical changes that block normal cell function or lead to organs to be malformed. These chemicals are used in a variety of settings including semiconductor manufacturing, metal cleaning and paint production.

Other dangerous chemicals that may cause birth defects include aliphatic cyaninated hydrocarbons such as perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene or dichloroethane. These chemicals are known to cause cardiac birth defects in babies born to mothers who were exposed while they were in the womb.

Parents have filed lawsuits against a variety of companies that were involved in exposing the families of soldiers at Camp Lejeune to these harmful chemicals. Some of these birth defect lawyers have obtained substantial settlements on behalf families whose children were born with severe birth defects because of exposure to toxic chemicals at the base.

Environmental Exposure

Some birth defects can be caused by a combination between medical negligence and environmental factors. If a family suspects that the birth defects of a child could be due to medical negligence, prescription drug overdose, or exposure to harmful chemical or chemical substances, they should speak with a DC birth injury attorney to discuss their case.

If pregnant women consume or absorb contaminants from the surrounding environment they could develop serious birth defects. Teratogens are the name for these substances. More than 4 million chemicals are found in our food, air and water. Some of these chemicals are dangerous to pregnant women.

Arsenic from drinking water or cadmium in contaminated coal for instance, can cause birth defects as well as other health problems. Industrial solvents such as benzene toluene and trichloroethylene (a metal degreaser) are also linked to certain birth defects. Glycol-ethers are also known to increase the risk of birth defects among women. These chemicals are used to make semiconductors display panels, silicon chip displays, and video displays.

Our experienced attorneys for birth defects have filed numerous lawsuits in behalf of children who suffered from many birth defects due to accidental exposure to toxic chemicals or chemicals at their workplace or home. These lawsuits typically require complicated scientific analysis and expert witnesses, such as toxicologists or epidemiologists, geneticists occupational medicine experts, and embryologists.