Birth Injury
Families are rarely told that an injury during delivery was preventable. Usually they are told it was unfortunate.
Labor and delivery is one of the most closely monitored events in medicine. Fetal heart tracings, nursing notes, physician orders, and timestamps create a minute-by-minute record of what the team saw and when they acted. When an injury happens, that record either supports the explanation the family was given — or it does not.
Our firm has handled birth injury cases including severe brachial plexus injuries sustained during delivery. Reviewing one costs a family nothing, and the review itself will tell you whether there is anything to pursue.
Injuries we investigate
- Brachial plexus injury and Erb's palsy following shoulder dystocia
- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) from oxygen deprivation
- Delayed emergency cesarean section
- Failure to recognize fetal distress on monitoring
- Improper use of forceps or vacuum extraction
- Untreated maternal infection or preeclampsia
Why these cases take time
The full extent of a birth injury often is not known for years, because it depends on developmental milestones the child has not reached yet. That reality has to be balanced against filing deadlines, which is why an early review matters even when the family is not ready to make a decision.
A properly valued birth injury case accounts for a lifetime: therapy, surgery, equipment, educational support, attendant care, and lost earning capacity as an adult.
This page describes general North Carolina law and is not legal advice about your situation. Deadlines and defenses vary with the facts. Talk to a lawyer about your own case before relying on anything here.
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