Birth Injury Attorneys Illinois

Birth Injury Attorneys Chicago. When the happiest moment of your life becomes one of the scariest as you discover that a doctor or nurse has made a mistake during delivery that has injured a mother or child, call the Chicago birth injury attorneys of Burger Law right away. Our team of birth injury attorneys will review your case and fight for your recovery when you call us at (314) 500-HURT or fill out this form.

Your family deserves justice after your delivery team’s carelessness injures your child or their mother. A birth injury that could have been avoided can harm your child and your family in more ways than you could imagine, and you need a birth injury settlement that reflects that and helps you be made whole. Burger Law has a team of top birth injury lawyers who have helped hundreds of individuals and families in Chicago and Illinois recover great settlements after being injured and damaged by negligent healthcare professionals and other careless actors. Our clients have received more than $180 million in settlements and verdicts with the help of our dedication and expertise. You can hear our clients’ stories or learn more about our case results or call (314) 500-HURT to discuss your case with a Chicago lawyer for free.

Birth Injury Attorneys in Chicago

Every parent hopes for a strong, healthy baby. We love our children, but the happy occasion of birth can become an immensely painful and difficult time when someone makes a mistake that causes you or your child a birth injury. One mistake or moment of carelessness on the part of a delivery doctor or nurse can lead to a lifetime of adversity. If a birth injury has hurt your family, seek the help of experienced Chicago birth injury attorneys like those at Burger Law as soon as possible. We will help you get the recovery you deserve so you and your family can move forward together.

During this difficult and uncertain time in your family’s life, you need someone on your side you can trust. Burger Law’s seasoned attorneys know how to navigate your legal claim and have the talent and resources to demand the recovery you deserve. Contact a Chicago lawyer online or call (314) 500-HURT to speak to a birth injury attorney about your case for free now.

How can a birth injury be prevented?

Our Chicago birth injury attorneys fight ceaselessly to protect mothers, children and families from the devastation of birth injuries. After your family suffers a birth injury in the Chicago area, trust Burger Law. Our expert team of birth injury attorneys and legal staff in Chicago use our considerable resources and decades of experience to help you get the great recovery you deserve and hold the negligent doctor, hospital staff or other medical professionals to account.

A birth injury case is a type of medical malpractice case in Chicago or Illinois — one in which your newborn child, the mother or both experience serious injuries during birth due to negligence committed by the obstetrician or other doctors, nurses or staff involved in the delivery process. If you believe the medical staff involved in the birth of your child acted with negligence and caused you or your child injuries, speak to a birth injury lawyer in Illinois right away. Burger Law’s hard-working team of accomplished birth injury attorneys in Chicago will ensure that you and your family recover full damages for your birth injury. Call (314) 500-HURT now or contact us online immediately.

Common Birth Injuries

A wide variety of injuries can occur during the delivery process. Our birth injury attorneys in Chicago have seen many different types of birth injuries. We have worked hard to successfully represent hundreds of families in the Chicago area and throughout Illinois who have been injured by medical malpractice and other forms of negligence. We are familiar with the intricacies of birth injury medical malpractice cases in Illinois and recognize that each birth injury claim is unique. When Burger Law’s Chicago birth injury lawyers take on your case, you get dedicated, tailored, fierce representation that refuses to rest until you and your family receive justice and great compensation.

Of the innumerable types of injuries that an infant or a mother can receive during pregnancy and through birth, birth injuries typically fall into one of three categories:

1. External Trauma / Orthopedic Injuries – physical injuries caused by external trauma, such as broken bones, bruises and lacerations. Of these external trauma injuries, a clavicle (collar bone) fracture is the most common. These birth injuries can occur when the baby’s body or part of the body is positioned incorrectly or gets stuck during the delivery process.
2. Nerve Injuries – damage to the nerves that run from the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body. Nerves make up the peripheral nervous system, which functions to send messages between the brain and the rest of the body, controlling the body’s voluntary and involuntary movements. In deliveries that put stress on the baby’s body, nerve channels are commonly overstretched or compressed as they are pulled through the birth canal. Damage to nerves can cause Erb’s palsy, Klumpke’s palsy and other conditions.
3. Brain Injuries – lack of oxygen to the baby’s brain, which can have permanent or long-term effects on a child. Brain-related birth injuries fall under either anoxia, when the brain is completely cut off from oxygen for a period of time, or hypoxia, when the oxygen flow is restricted but the brain still receives some oxygen. Without oxygen, brain cells can become damaged or die, causing long-term medical conditions or permanent brain damage in the infant.

If your family has suffered a birth injury, including any of the injuries listed above or any harm to the mother during delivery that could have been avoided such as infection, anesthesiology or epidural errors, nerve damage or undiagnosed conditions such as eclampsia or gestational diabetes, hire the Chicago birth injury attorneys of Burger Law right away.

Birth Injuries vs. Birth Defects

Birth injuries are not to be confused with congenital birth defects. According to Birth Defect Research for Children, a “birth defect is a health condition or illness that forms while the infant is still in the womb whereas a birth injury occurs while the mother is in labor or in the process of delivery.” One way to look at it is, if a different, responsible doctor had been operating in the place of your doctor, would the injuries you or your child sustained have still occurred? Did your delivery team do something wrong or fail to do something they should have done?

If you or your child experienced harm during the birthing process and that harm could have been avoided by a responsible medical professional, our birth injury attorneys in Chicago will help make your family whole again.

When you or your loved ones suffer birth injuries in Chicago or anywhere in Illinois, you may move to receive financial compensation for the damages you experienced because of the poor judgment, inattention or recklessness committed by a member of your medical care or delivery team. On the other hand, birth defects are not caused by the fault of the medical provider but rather, they develop congenitally. You have only one chance to collect compensation for your damages and can only hope to get a complete settlement with the help of experienced birth injury attorneys in the Chicago area. Burger Law’s team of Illinois birth injury attorneys in Chicago has had great success in representing Illinois birth injury victims and their families. We have helped our clients receive more than $180 million in verdicts and settlements.

Do I have a birth injury case in Chicago?

Birth is always an extraordinary and emotional event. You likely have experienced a wide breadth of overpowering emotions after learning that your child has been injured during birth. If your child or the mother has been hurt during the delivery process, you may have a medical malpractice case and may be able to collect compensation with the help of our Chicago area birth injury lawyers.

Illinois allows individuals and families who have been injured by the negligence of others to pursue compensation for their damages. However, there are legal requirements you must meet to qualify for any personal injury, medical malpractice or any type of civil case and legal deadlines you must meet to file a claim.

A birth injury claim is a type of medical malpractice claim. In Illinois, 735 ILCS 5/2-622 establishes that medical malpractice claimants have two years to file a legal claim for compensation. That means that, generally, you have two years from the date of birth to file a medical malpractice claim in Illinois for your birth injuries.

Unlike some states (such as Missouri), Illinois does not limit the amount of money you can recover in a medical malpractice case like a birth injury case. The state previously limited the maximum compensation for non-economic damages a birth injury or other medical malpractice victim could be awarded to $500,000 against a doctor or healthcare professional and $1 million against a hospital or other healthcare facility. This law was found unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court so the state overturned the statute limiting medical malpractice non-economic damages in 2010. This means that there is no limit to what you can recover in Illinois for your birth injury claim. Still, to get the complete settlement you deserve, you need the help of competent and cunning birth injury attorneys in Chicago who can see through the corrupt tactics of the insurance companies and have the intrepidity to demand your rightful recovery.

Chicago Birth Injury Attorneys: Helping You Recover Damages

There is often a profound impact on your life and the life of your family when your doctor or other delivery team members make a mistake or act irresponsibly. A birth injury can be the beginning of a childhood of traveling, medical appointments, therapies, corrective devices, emotional pain and many other hardships. Our Chicago area birth injury attorneys realize the weight that one doctor’s mistake can put on the wellbeing of your family. Your Burger Law birth injury lawyer in Chicago is committed to your family and the outcome of your case. We demand a great result and will not rest until you and your family receive the full recovery you deserve.

As your team of Chicago birth injury attorneys, Burger Law offers our resources, expertise and proven history of success to help you and your family recover total compensation after experiencing a birth injury. We will demand full payment for all of your damages, including:

• Initial medical expenses
• Lifelong future medical expenses
• Pain and suffering
• Emotional distress of the parents and the child
• Lost wages
• Disability
• Scarring and disfigurement
• Caregiving requirements
• Special education or schooling needs
• Loss of quality of life

In a birth injury case, you have to consider not only the immediate damages, but also the damages that will affect you and your loved ones for the rest of your lives. If your otherwise healthy child receives injuries during birth that cause permanent disability, your settlement must include the total cost, both economic and non-economic, of their disability on their life.

With the help of skilled Chicago birth injury attorneys, you can recover full compensation by forming a life care plan that details the daily expenses required to raise your child, such as specialized care or education, assistive devices and modifications, ongoing medical care and even lost wages for a parent who stays home to care for your child. With our knowledge and expertise in quantifying the wide range of long-term economic and non-economic damages that come with a birth injury, you will receive the full compensation you are owed.

What will a Chicago birth injury attorney do for me?

Your birth injury attorney with Burger Law handles your case with the care and attention you deserve. Recovering complete compensation is just one piece of the puzzle. To best represent you and get you the best outcome in your birth injury medical malpractice case, your lawyer will investigate your claim, gather all documentation and other evidence of the circumstances and your birth injuries, present an irrefutable argument to the defense, demand your rightful compensation and tirelessly work until you receive full payment for your injuries and other damages.

You have only one chance to recover financial compensation for your damages in a birth injury or other medical malpractice case in Illinois. Facing a birth injury case can be overwhelming when you consider the stakes. After all, this is your one chance to be made whole again after someone’s mistake so significantly affected your life and the life of your entire family.

Your top priority should be finding the right birth injury lawyer to represent your family and help you throughout your case. The right lawyer will provide you with expert legal counsel, take the stress of filing paperwork and meeting the legal requirements of a medical malpractice claim off your hands and employ their resources to track down evidence, build a case and negotiate on your behalf. The Chicago birth injury attorneys of Burger Law will not only fight to get you the best possible settlement but will also help to make life easier during the process. Let Burger Law help you today. Call us now at (314) 500-HURT to discuss your case with a qualified attorney now.

Hire Birth Injury Attorneys in Chicago | Burger Law

Your family can move past the tragedy of serious birth injuries with the expertise and ferocity of our Chicago-based Illinois birth injury attorneys. When a health professional is trusted with and responsible for bringing life into this world, they must meet their commitment to do their job and refrain from causing harm. If your doctor or nurse made a mistake during your delivery and has damaged you and your family by causing a birth injury, Burger Law’s birth injury lawyers will prove their liability and negotiate the full settlement you are owed for your damages. Call us immediately at (314) 500-HURT or contact us online to take the first step toward recovery and let us get started on your case. We will fight until you get the recovery you need, and you do not owe us a penny until you win your case.

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Juanita Matthews

Year of 2023

This law firm is absolutely amazing. They took on my case, when nobody else would! They fought hard for me when it seemed there was no hope. They kept me informed and always asked for my input before making decisions on my case. Gary puts himself into every case unlike most law firm owners. Gary and his team really care about every one of their clients, and fights hard to get you a fair settlement. They actually won my case out of court, and then reduced my fees to make sure I could get my car fixed and be able to get back to some normality. I would recommend Burger Law over and above any other firm! If you go somewhere else you aren’t getting the best!

Shaunda S.

7 months ago

I am very happy with the staff at Burger Law. I mostly worked with Michael Sheldon, and he did an amazing job. I trusted him completely with my case, and he did not disappoint. I would definitely recommend this team if your ever in need of good attorneys.

Emelia M.

3 months ago

Burger Law Firm is fantastic. Laura and Genevieve were so amazing and helpful throughout the entire process. They helped me with my personal injury case every step of the way and succeeded at getting me the results I desired.

Helen L.

a year ago

We had a great experience with Burger Law for representing us after a serious car accident. Truly impressed by how professional and supportive the entire team is. And, many thanks to Genavieve and Laura – you are amazing!

Judy M.

a year ago

They did an amazing job on my case! Communication with them was great!!! Kept me informed and in the loop with everything that was going on!!! Will definitely be the 1st ones I’ll call if ever I’m in another accident!!! Thank you very much!!!

Chelsea C.

5 months ago

Let me tell you something about Burger Law.. they are so attentive and kind. Jennifer is my savior!! I love the whole team!!! They are truly a miracle team!! I appreciate their business and would recommend it to others.

David D.

2 months ago

Absolutely the best law firm in the St. Louis area. No matter the size of your case you are treated as if you are the only client on the roster. Will explain anything thoroughly and they work around your availability. Very impressed and appreciative of the service.

Lisa B.

11 months ago

Gary and Casey took great care of me for 2.5 years as my lawsuit was finally settled. I feel he helped me achieve justice for me and my 4 children after their father died from medical malpractice and neglect. Thanks to Gary, my kids now have a great start to their college and adult lives. Thank you Gary and Casey, for fighting for us so hard at our most trying and difficult time in our lives thus far. Love and God bless from my family to yours!

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