Pittsburgh Delivery Room Injury Lawyer For Obstetrician Malpractice Victims

While the birth of a child is often one of the happiest times for a family, it can quickly turn into one of the most devastating. If children are affected by serious birth injuries, their lives can be changed forever.

If you live in the Pittsburgh area and your child suffers from a birth injury, contact the attorneys of Caroselli, Beachler & Coleman, L.L.C. We understand how extensively birth injuries affect children and their families.

We represent families affected by a broad spectrum of birth injuries, including those listed below:

Birth Injury And Erb’s Palsy

Among brachial plexus birth injuries, Erb’s palsy occurs specifically when one or all of the primary nerves are damaged. These nerves are the ones that affect the shoulders and arms (upper plexus). Paralysis and nerve damage can be either partial or complete.

Our lawyers will work with skilled medical experts to determine how and why your child’s Erb’s palsy was caused. If medical negligence was a contributing factor, we will aggressively seek maximum compensation on yours and your child’s behalf.

Shoulder Dystocia

Shoulder dystocia occurs when the baby’s head passes safely through the birth canal, but the shoulders are stuck or lodged behind the pelvic bone. Resulting side effects can be broken bones, delayed delivery, or a more serious shoulder damage caused by compression to the nerves.

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is a lack of development in the brain that results in decreased muscle control and coordination. It can be caused by a variety of factors ranging from gene abnormalities to a lack of oxygen brought on by a difficult delivery.

Sadly, physician negligence can be a contributing factor. Babies often show a sign of fetal distress due to a lack of oxygen when delivery is delayed. When a midwife or obstetrician fails to appropriately respond to this distress, the effect can be damaging.

Hypoxia Lawyer For Oxygen Deprivation And Obstetrician Malpractice Victims

Oxygen deprivation (often described by the medical terms “anoxia” and “hypoxia”) is caused when the supply of oxygen to an infant’s brain is reduced. It can happen in all stages of pregnancy, labor and delivery. The effects of oxygen deprivation are severe, most prominently causing brain damage, cerebral palsy and death.

While natural circumstances, like the umbilical cord becoming compressed or twisted, can cause oxygen deprivation, medical malpractice or negligence may also be the cause. There are many ways that medical negligence can cause oxygen deprivation:

• Failure to use proper monitoring equipment
• Failure to consistently monitor the fetus and infant
• Failure to seek the help of a specialist when needed
• Failure to do a cesarean section (C-section) when needed

What To Do If You Suspect Medical Malpractice

If you suspect that your child’s birth injury may be due to medical malpractice, allow us to review your case as soon as possible — even if you aren’t sure whether or not negligence was involved. As time passes, eyewitness evidence and evidence outside of medical records may be lost — reducing your chances of obtaining justice. That kind of chance should never be taken with a child’s life.

We Act Quickly To Build A Strong Case

Birth injuries that limit a child physically, mentally or emotionally should be looked at quickly and carefully. At Caroselli, Beachler & Coleman, L.L.C., when a potential client comes to our office with questions about a birth injury, we act quickly.

We conduct an investigation into the facts and laws that may affect your medical malpractice case so that we can help you understand your options. This includes:

Looking at treatment from the beginning of the pregnancy through the delivery room

Investigating the conduct of your OB-GYN (obstetrician), nurse midwife or other health care professionals involved in the labor and delivery

Consulting medical experts, when appropriate, to determine if malpractice occurred

Contact Our Pittsburgh Delivery Room Injury Attorneys

Contact the birth injury lawyers at the Pittsburgh law office of Caroselli, Beachler & Coleman, L.L.C. You may call us at 412-391-9860 in Pittsburgh or Western Pennsylvania, or toll free at 866-466-5789. Initial consultations are free and confidential.