Birth Injuries
A birth injury can be among the most severe and catastrophic of all injuries. Although not all birth injuries are caused by medical malpractice, RisCassi and Davis, P.C. has successfully settled or tried to verdict many birth defect cases through the years.
RisCassi and Davis, P.C. has assessed thousands of potential birth trauma cases. Reviewing a potential birth trauma case may involve consulting medical experts, including obstetricians, pediatrics, neonatologists, cardiologists, pediatric neurologists and neurosurgeons, to obtain opinions as to whether (a) the potential defendant departed from the standard of care for his or her medical speciality; and (b) whether any such malpractice was a cause of the child's condition.
Although some birth defects may be inherited or otherwise unavoidable, others may be the result of medical malpractice by a hospital or doctor. A physician or nurse may fail to properly react to signs of distress on a fetal heart monitor, for example. An obstetrical doctor may allow labor to become too prolonged despite evidence of stress to the baby and not timely commence a ceasarian section. An obstetrician may not take proper measures in response to diagnostic information obtained from ultrasound imaging or other prenatal tests. In some cases, there may be evidence that the pregnancy or birth could be expected to be a difficult one, which should have been managed by a specialist in maternal-fetal medicine.
At RisCassi and Davis, P.C., we are willing to discuss a birth defect or birth injury to your child, with no obligation. Please give us a call at (860)-522-1196 or contact us online. Because these cases often require the engagement of multiple experts (an obstetrician, as to the standard of care, and a pediatrician or other physician regarding the harm caused by any negligence in the delivery or pre-natal care), it would be wise to consult an attorney as soon as possible. Connecticut's relatively short statute of limitations is another reason to contact an attorney as soon as possible.
