Dallas Birth Injury Attorney

Birth Injury Cases in Dallas, Texas

The expected joy of a new baby can become a tragic situation when the medical professionals involved fail to provide the level of care necessary in the birth process. When a lack of fast intervention occurs and the baby is in distress, the results can be disastrous. A child during birth can have a variety of dangerous circumstances occur that can lead to life-threatening or life-changing injuries and damages. In many cases the doctors involved do everything they can and perform all the expected actions to save the baby and mother from harm. Sadly, in other cases they have failed to act quickly enough and the baby's life is forever altered. If you believe your child was injured through medical malpractice, it is critical that you contact a Dallas personal injury attorney from Mathur Law Offices at once in order to begin the legal process of a lawsuit.

Knowledgeable Birth Injury Lawyer in Dallas

There is a higher incidence of birth injuries than many know. In fact, 6 in every 1000 babies born have some form of birth injury. In some cases, the injury is unavoidable, as some condition of the mother or child led to the damage. In other cases, the physician may have failed to recognize the degree of distress of the baby during birth, resulting in brain damage, cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, brachial plexus injuries and others. Such damages can result in the need for a lifetime of medical care for the innocent child, and the parents face unimaginable emotional grief and difficulties. These cases have occurred in Dallas, Fort Worth, Tyler and Denton, and our birth injury attorney team is prepared to evaluate the situation and advise you how the case should be addressed legally.

In any birth injury case, it is necessary to carefully document and prove negligence, requiring medical experts that can outline where the negligence occurred, whether through failing to do a caesarean section quickly when the baby was in distress or in other forms of medical negligence. The claim may be filed not only against an obstetrician, but nurses, anesthesiologists, the medical facility or others who may be liable in the incident. The recovery of monetary compensation is an urgent matter in such cases, as the costs for the medical treatment and pain and suffering is necessary for the future care of the injured child.

Contact a Dallas Birth Injury Attorney from our legal team to discuss your case.