Birth Injury Attorneys Chicago, IL

Birth Injury Attorneys Chicago, IL. A doctor or nurse’s mistake during delivery can turn one of the most joyful days of your life into one of the most terrifying. If you have experienced a birth injury, call the Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys of Burger Law right away. Call (314) 500-HURT or fill out the form to receive a free case review from our Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys and allow us to fight for your recovery.

Your family deserves justice after your delivery team’s carelessness injures your child or their mother. A birth injury that never should have happened can harm your child and your family in more ways than you could imagine, and you need a full settlement for your birth injury that equals the breadth of the damage and restores your lives. Our firm is staffed by a team of top Chicago, IL birth injury lawyers who have worked to connect Chicago and Illinois families with 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.

Chicago, IL Birth Injury Attorneys

Every parent hopes to have children who are strong, healthy and happy. Though we love our children unconditionally, 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. A nurse or doctor’s momentary lapse in attention or judgment can lead to a lifetime of adversity. If your family has been harmed by a birth injury in Chicago, IL, seek the help of experienced Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys like the attorneys of Burger Law as soon as possible. We will help you get a complete recovery so you and your family can move forward in life.

This is an uncertain and painful time and you need an expert you can trust. Burger Law’s experienced Chicago, IL lawyers will navigate your claim with our expertise and use our negotiation prowess to to demand a great settlement for you. Contact a Chicago, IL lawyer online or speak to a birth injury attorney in Chicago, IL about your case for free right away when you call (314) 500-HURT.

How can a birth injury be prevented?

Our Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys battle ceaselessly to help mothers, children and their families get justice for a tragic birth injury. Burger Law stands tall, fighting on your behalf after a birth injury in Chicago, IL damages your family. When you hire us, you have at your fingertips an expert team of Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys and paralegals with a vast network of connections and resources we will employ to help you get the great recovery you deserve and hold the negligent doctor, hospital staff or other medical professionals responsible.

A birth injury case is a type of medical malpractice case in Chicago or anywhere in Illinois. In this type of claim, your newborn child, their mother or both mother and child experience serious injuries during birth because your obstetrician or other medical staff present responsible for the delivery was negligent in their behavior. 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 Chicago, IL right away. Burger Law’s hard-working team of savvy Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys will not rest until your family has recovered completely for your birth injury. Call (314) 500-HURT now or reach us online immediately.

Common Chicago, IL Birth Injuries

The birth of a baby can come with complications that can cause a wide range of injuries. Our Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys have seen birth injuries of all manners. We have worked hard to successfully represent hundreds of Chicago IL area families and those from all over Illinois after an act of medical malpractice or other form of negligence leaves them injured. We are familiar with the complexities of birth injury medical malpractice cases in Chicago, Illinois and see every Chicago, IL birth injury claim as unique. When Burger Law’s Chicago, IL birth injury lawyers represent you, we offer tailored, dedicated, unwavering representation and counsel and we will not rest until your family receives justice and great compensation.

Of the countless ways a child or mother can be injured during birth, birth injuries are typically categorized into one of three categories:

1. External and Orthopedic Injuries – physical injuries caused by external trauma, such as broken bones, scarring and lacerations. Of these external trauma injuries, a clavicle (collar bone) fracture is the most common. Birth injuries of this nature 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 any of the nerves connect 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. Some deliveries introduce inordinate levels of stress on the baby’s body, and compression or overstretching of the nerve channels can occur when the body is forced through the birth canal. This type of nerve damage can lead to Erb’s palsy, Klumpke’s palsy and other conditions.
3. Brain Injuries – temporary oxygen depravation, 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, a reduction in oxygen flow to the brain for some time. Without oxygen, brain cells can become damaged or die. Oxygen depravation birth injuries can be very serious, resulting in permanent medical conditions or disabilities.

If your family has suffered a birth injury in Chicago, IL, 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, IL birth injury attorneys of Burger Law as soon as possible.

What is the difference between birth injuries and birth defects?

Birth injuries are not the same thing as 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 criteria for determining whether you have a birth injury claim is to ask this question: would the injuries you or your child suffered have still taken place if a different, reasonably responsible doctor had been there instead? 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 was the fault of a doctor or nurse’s negligence, our Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys are here to restore your family and protect your future. Speak to a birth injury lawyer in Chicago, IL right away at (314) 500-HURT.

When you or your loved ones suffer birth injuries in Chicago, Illinois, you have a chance to receive a financial recovery 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 occur congenitally rather than at the hands of a careless medical professional. 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, IL area. Burger Law’s team of Illinois birth injury attorneys has helped our Illinois birth injury clients their cases win time and time again. With our help, our clients have recovered over than $180 million in verdicts and settlements.

Do I have a birth injury case in Chicago, IL?

Birth is such a special and touching event. When you then are told that your newborn has been hurt because of a mistake a doctor or nurse made, you most likely have grappled with a range of overpowering feelings. You may have a medical malpractice case if you child or their mother were harmed while giving birth. With our Chicago, IL birth injury lawyers demanding justice, you can recover the full compensation you deserve.

Under Illinois law, those who have been harmed by another party’s negligence can pursue a financial recovery for their damages. In order to have a rightful claim to damages in a personal injury, medical malpractice or any type of civil case, your case must satisfy certain requirements and you must file your claim within an established deadline.

Birth Injuries are considered a kind of medical malpractice claim. Illinois statute 735 ILCS 5/2-622 states that medical malpractice claimants have two years to file a legal claim for compensation. So, in most cases, you must file your medical malpractice claim for birth injuries within two years from the date the injuries took place.

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 a birth injury or other medical malpractice victim could be awarded to no more than $500,000 against a doctor or healthcare professional and up to $1 million against a hospital or other healthcare facility. This law was found unconstitutional by the Illinois Supreme Court so in 2010 the state court overturned the statute limiting medical malpractice non-economic damages. This means that there is no limit to what you can recover in Illinois for your birth injury claim. However, you must rely on the work of talented Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys to collect the full settlement you deserve — attorneys who can see through the corrupt tactics of the insurance companies and have the fortitude to demand your rightful recovery.

Chicago, IL Birth Injury Attorneys: Helping You Recover Damages

There is often a devastating impact on your life and the life of your family when your doctor or other delivery team members make a mistake or act irresponsibly. With a birth injury often comes a lifetime of traveling, medical appointments, therapies, corrective devices, emotional pain and many other difficulties. Our birth injury attorneys in the Chicago, IL area realize degree to which a doctor’s mistake can destroy the wellbeing of your family. Your Burger Law Chicago, IL birth injury lawyer works fearlessly until we win your case. We demand the full recovery you deserve and will not rest until you and your family receive the fair compensation you deserve.

As your team of Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys, Burger Law offers our network of resources, knowledge and proven history of success to get your family complete recovery after experiencing a birth injury. We demand that you are fully compensated for for all of your damages, including:

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

A birth injury case in Chicago, IL is unique from other civil negligence claims because in addition to the immediate damages, you must also consider the damages that will continue to cost you for the rest of your lives. When your child becomes permanently disabled because of their birth injuries, your settlement must include the total cost, including all economic and non-economic costs, of your damages.

With the help of skilled Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys, you can collect the financial recovery you deserve by formulating a life care plan that details the daily expenses of raising your child, such as special education or schooling needs, medical devices, continuing medical treatment and even lost wages if a parent must stay home to take care of your child day to day. Our attorneys possess the experience and knowledge necessary to calculate the full sum of your complete long-term economic and non-economic damages. With our help, you will recover the full compensation you are owed.

What will Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys do for me?

Your Chicago, IL birth injury attorney with Burger Law handles your case with our absolute attention and genuine care. Getting full compensation is just one part of the process. A responsible and effective Chicago, IL lawyer will carry out a full investigation of your claim, obtain all documentation and other evidence related to the events of your birth injuries, argue your case, demand your rightful compensation and tirelessly work until you receive full payment for all of your injuries and other damages.

You have only one chance to win financial compensation for your damages in a birth injury or other medical malpractice case in Chicago, Illinois. The thought of pursuing a birth injury claim can be overwhelming. After all, this is your one chance to be made whole again after you and your family have been so seriously hurt by another person’s mistake.

You must focus on hiring the right Chicago, IL birth injury lawyer to fight for your family’s future and help you throughout your case. A good lawyer will give you expert legal counsel, take care of filing all the paperwork and meeting the legal requirements of a medical malpractice claim so you don’t have to and put forth their resources to track down evidence, build a case and negotiate on your behalf. The Chicago, IL birth injury attorneys of Burger Law will not only fight to get you the best possible settlement but will also help to ease your stress during the process. Let Burger Law fight for you today. Call (314) 500-HURT to discuss your case with a qualified attorney immediately.

Hire Birth Injury Attorneys in Chicago, IL | Burger Law

Trust our fierce and talented Chicago, Illinois birth injury attorneys to help your family recover after the tragedy of a birth injury. 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 a member of your delivery staff made a mistake and has damaged you and your family by causing a birth injury, Burger Law’s Chicago, IL birth injury lawyers will hold them accountable and negotiate the full compensation you are owed. Call us immediately at (314) 500-HURT or fill out this form to take the first step toward recovery and let us proceed in fighting for your justice. We will demand a great settlement, and we do not charge any fees until we win.

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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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