Top Rated New Jersey Birth Injury Lawyers

Top Rated New Jersey Birth Injury Lawyers

Thousands of women enter the maternity ward each day, trusting doctors to help them through labor and childbirth. Unfortunately, difficult childbirth and prenatal risk factors lead to birth injuries in 6-8 out of every 1,000 births.

Injuries to the infant that result from mechanical forces (ie, compression, traction) during the birth process are categorized as birth trauma- Medscape Article

When Medical Professionals Fail to Provide expecting mothers prior knowledge of any possible complications. Nearly half of all birth injuries are avoidable with identification and anticipation of prenatal risk factors.

Medical Negligence is failure to pre-screen and identify certain birth defects during pregnancy. Blood tests and ultrasounds can detect Down syndrome, neural tube defects, Tay-Sachs disease, cystic fibrosis, spina bifida, Thalassemia, and sickle cell anemia before birth. 

A delayed diagnosis, such as when a doctor waits until birth to diagnose the baby with cystic fibrosis when it could have been diagnosed during pregnancy, is sometimes grounds for a malpractice suit.

Find out more about Medical Malpractice & birth Injury Lawsuits by visiting New Jerseys Top Rated Birth Injury Attorneys Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi.

If your newborn child is now suffering injuries as a result of medical negligence, during prenatal care, during the delivery or the post-delivery care received in the Hospital and there might be long term effects. You may have a claim. Contact MDL Trial Lawyers in New Jersey to discuss your child's injuries.