Texas Birth Injury Attorney – Texas Birth Injury Lawyers

Texas Birth Injury Lawyers

If you are considering a medical malpractice lawsuit regarding birth injuries or death of a child, you are in for the fight of your life. Not only will you be recovering emotionally from the terrible tragedy you are facing, but you are also going to be in the middle of one of the most complex forms of litigation.

When you work with McKeen & Associates, P.C., you know that you are working with a group of professionals who have the experience and skill to handle your case. At our law firm, you will find a Texas birth injury attorney who can truly help you. Our lawyers have more than 100 combined years of experience. We have been through this type of litigation countless times, and we know how to win.

One of the most important issues surrounding birth injury litigation is finding the cause.

Overly aggressive delivery: In some cases, the doctor uses forceps or vacuum extraction methods incorrectly or unnecessarily, or simply pulls the child too hard during delivery, causing shoulder dystocia, brain damage or other physical injuries.

Improper fetal monitoring during delivery: In other cases, the doctor fails to monitor the mother and child during labor, which leads to injuries that include brain damage, hypoxia and cerebral palsy due to lack of blood flow or oxygen to the child. Fetal distress during labor and delivery, as well as infections and umbilical cord compression are other common birth injuries that result from doctor negligence.

Post-birth errors: Doctors often make mistakes after children are born. Failure to properly manage high bilirubin can lead to kernicterus, for example.

These are just a few possible causes of birth injuries. With more than 25 years as a law firm, we have handled many Texas birth injury cases. We know how to find the cause of the injury and present that cause to the judge and jury effectively. We will do everything possible to get the maximum compensation award available to you.

Texas Based Birth Injury Lawyers Handling Serious Cases Nationwide:

At Williams & Brown, L.L.P., we are Board Certified Trial Lawyers representing babies who suffered severe injuries at birth. We frequently have new parents call us with questions about what caused their child’s injury. Often, the parents know that something went wrong and their baby is injured, but they don’t exactly what happened or whether it could have been prevented. Parents want to know if their child was injured as a result of medical negligence and if the injury was preventable. Parents are absolutely entitled to know the answers to these questions – parents are entitled to know the truth.

If you are one of those parents searching for information about birth injuries because you are concerned that your child may have suffered a birth injury as a result of medical negligence, our law firm will help you find the answers. If your child’s injury was preventable, we will work with you to hold the parties who are responsible for your child’s injuries accountable.

What do you need to do to protect your child?

The first thing you need to do is call us directly or fill out the Free Case Review form to start the process of investigating exactly what happened to your child. We will talk with you to hear your story directly from you. We will obtain copies of the relevant medical records and review those records for evidence of exactly what went wrong, what caused the injury, whether there were medical mistakes made, and whether the injury was preventable. In medical negligence cases, we must have medical experts who believe that there were medical errors made and that those medical errors caused the injury. We will request medical reviews of the records and information by experts and will prepare the case for trial. In many cases, there are settlements reached between the family of the child and the responsible parties before trial. However, we don’t know which cases will settle and which cases will go all the way to trial. So, we approach and prepare each case presuming that the case will end up in a courtroom.

The Lifelong Impact of Birth Injuries:

There are different kinds of birth injuries, and those injuries can range in severity and permanence. Probably the most devastating kind of birth injury is an injury to the child’s brain caused by lack of adequate blood flow or oxygen to the brain cells. This type of injury is a “hypoxic-ischemic” brain injury or an “asphyxia” related injury – both of which refer to lack of oxygen to the brain which causes the death of brain cells. The severity and permanence of the injury depends on how long the baby’s brain went without enough oxygen and the location of the injury in the baby’s brain.

Babies who suffer brain damage from lack of oxygen can have severe physical and mental disabilities. As the child develops, he or she may be diagnosed with a condition called “cerebral palsy” or “CP”, which is the physical result of the brain injury. Severe handicaps from birth injuries may require significant medical care, rehabilitation and therapy expenses, special equipment including wheelchairs, wheelchair ramps, lifts, assisted feeding and suctioning equipment, home modifications, etc. Severely affected children require attendant care and sometimes skilled nursing care. While parents, grandparents, siblings, and other family members frequently volunteer to help with the rigors of caring for a child with this type of injury, the families need help. The future costs of caring for a child with a birth injury can be in the millions of dollars.

If the injury was preventable and should not have happened, our law firm works to hold the responsible parties accountable for the cost to care for the child. We work with medical experts to develop Life Care Plans. A Life Care Plan is a specialized plan of care for a child over the course of his or her lifetime. Although these children are injured, they grow physically like other kids. For example, they will need larger wheelchairs over time. They will need caregivers who are physically capable of lifting and moving them as they grow. The Life Care Plan is developed by special doctors and nurses and life care planners who have experience with children and adults with brain injuries and who know what type of care each person will need over his lifetime.