Birth Injury Attorneys Richmond, MO

Birth Injury Attorneys in Richmond, MO. After the devastation of a birth injury, you need an veteran lawyer you can trust and lean on to fight for your family in this difficult moment. Reach out to the birth injury attorneys of Burger Law in Richmond, MO right away at (314) 500-HURT to talk about your birth injury case for free and discover how we can help you receive full compensation for your damages. Allow our legal experts to help your family move forward and be made whole with a complete financial recovery.

When your child suffers a birth injury at any time during or shortly after your pregnancy, it can be upsetting and painful. It can be particularly infuriating when the birth injury is the result of negligent or incorrect medical care. If your child was hurt because of a doctor’s breach of care, Burger Law’s Richmond, MO team of birth injury lawyers will fight on your behalf to receive the financial compensation you and your family deserve to secure you and your family's future and begin on the journey to recovery. Call our Richmond, MO birth injury attorneys now at (314) 500-HURT or contact us online to get your free case evaluation to see why hiring Burger Law is the first step to making you and your family whole again.

Birth Injuries in Richmond, MO

About six to eight out of 1,000 children born in the United States suffer a severe birth injury, which makes up about one in every 9,714 children and 28,000 infants a year. Birth injuries are the cause of around two percent of neonatal deaths. Examples of such birth injuries are fractures or disorders that have an effect on a child's development or cognition.

Many Richmond, MO attorneys may have experience in medical malpractice suits, but not necessarily birth injury cases or with the exact birth injury you or your child sustained. Our Burger Law birth injury lawyers have seen every type of birth injury and know every type of birth injury suit, and you can be confident that we will fight on your behalf until you get a complete recovery.

Do I Need a Richmond, MO Birth Injury Lawyer?

If you suspect that you or your child was hurt owing to a doctor’s negligence or breach of care, then you must pursue the aid of accomplished birth injury attorneys in Richmond, MO. Raising a child in Richmond, MO already comes with a ton of expenses and concerns including food, clothing, school supplies and more. Add to that the chance that you will have to pay their medical bills for years or their entire life all because of a doctor’s negligence or careless actions. You should be wondering when your child will need new shoes, not when they might need a replacement wheelchair because a doctor did not follow the rules.

The talented Richmond, MO birth injury attorneys at Burger Law will work out your complete damages, including the dollar amount of any possible future medical costs and other expenses and damages. Your devoted birth injury attorney will fight until you are awarded a full and fair recovery.

Whatever your child’s circumstances, you want to focus on supplying your child with nourishment and happiness, not trying to maneuver through a maze of complex legal processes. When you contact our birth injury attorneys at (314) 500-HURT, we get started on your case immediately to deliver great results. We oversee all the documentation, communication and litigation so you can focus on you and your child’s physical and emotional well-being. Our skilled birth injury lawyers will deliver maximum compensation and get you and your family on the road to recovery. We charge no attorney's fees until we win your case.

Luckily, many birth injuries are minor, and as babies are still developing and growing rapidly, some injuries can heal pretty quickly. Whether or not the injury is minor or leads to lifelong disability, you are entitled to a full recovery for your medical costs, pain and suffering and other damages if the injury was incurred because a doctor or medical institution in Richmond, MO broke the rules and did not give you and your newborn child the proper care they owed.

Kinds of Birth Injuries

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that limits movement and the most common form of birth injury that affects about 4 in 1,000 children. There are three types of cerebral palsy:

1. Spasticity (stiff muscles)
2. Dyskinesia (uncontrollable movements)
3. Ataxia (poor balance and coordination)

Spasticity is the most common type and affects about 80% of people with cerebral palsy. The disorder can be mild – the child might have an unusual gait but does not necessitate any extra assistance – or more serious, and your child might require special equipment to walk or not be able to walk at all. Diagnosing and treating cerebral palsy involves diligently following your child’s development, and that can include extensive medical appointments, expensive evaluations and special equipment to help your child walk or complete other daily tasks. The Richmond, MO-based birth injury lawyers at Burger Law fight until the at-fault party pays for all of your past, present and future medical damages associated with your birth injury.

The medical community is still discovering more about the causes and possible risk factors of cerebral palsy. We do know it is caused by abnormal development of the brain while the brain is still developing, which can happen before, during or shortly after birth. When it occurs during birth, it is often because a doctor or nurse who was delivering the baby was negligent. Doctors need to sufficiently monitor if a child is in distress or if it is receiving enough oxygen to its blood supply.

If they fail to do so and your baby develops cerebral palsy as a result, Burger Law’s Richmond, MO birth injury attorneys will tackle your case and make sure you collect the best possible compensation you are owed. If you are upset that your child is not meeting motor skill achievements and suspect they might have cerebral palsy, it is essential to immediately seek out your doctor, who will examine your child and may refer you to a specialist. You can also contact Missouri’s Early Intervention system for a free consultation if your child is still under three years of age. If your child is diagnosed with cerebral palsy and you believe a medical professional in Richmond, MO is responsible, call Burger Law today at (314) 500-HURT for your free consultation with a professional Richmond, MO birth injury attorney, and start on the journey to collecting a full recovery and safeguarding the future of you and your child.

Brachial Plexus Injuries and Erb’s Palsy

Brachial plexus injuries are a kind of birth injury that occurs as a result of damage to the brachial plexus – the group of nerves in the shoulder that is in charge of movement and feeling in the arms and hands – during delivery. It restricts the motion of the arm and shoulder. This is caused by excessive stretching around the shoulder, neck or head during birth, generally when the baby’s head is stretched to the side. This can occur because the baby was very large, atypical birthing presentations such as buttocks first or because a doctor pulled to hard and too long on the baby during delivery. Erb’s Palsy is a type of brachial plexus injury where the upper extremities are weak and unable to move normally. Some severe cases include the tearing of the nerves and can cause lifelong nerve damage. Fortunately, in most cases, the baby will regain movement within a few months, and there are certain exercises you can do with your baby to help maintain movement while he or she heals. Whatever the extent of the injury or and the cost of the medical care, the Richmond, MO birth injury lawyers at Burger Law will ensure that you receive great compensation and that the at-fault party’s insurance company pays every dime they owe.

Shoulder Dystocia

When the baby’s shoulder or shoulders get stuck inside the mother’s pelvis during birth, it causes a birth injury complication known as shoulder dystocia. Most of the time, the baby is born without serious incident, and treatment may entail merely moving the mother’s and fetus’s position during delivery. However, neglecting to observe or adequately treat shoulder dystocia can lead to broken bones, lack of oxygen, Erb's palsy, or substantial loss of blood for the mother. If any of these conditions occurred during your child’s birth, contact our Richmond, MO birth injury attorneys at (314) 500-HURT immediately.

Cephalohematoma

This birth injury happens when blood builds up between a baby’s scalp and the skull because of damaged blood vessels during labor or delivery. You will see a bump on your child’s head, which most often goes away after a few weeks. The condition is usually mild, but, there are a few atypical complications that can emerge. Cephalohematoma can increase your child’s risk of jaundice or anemia, and your baby may need a blood transfusion or other treatments.

Bruising, Lacerations, Soft Tissue Injuries or Fractures

Bruises and cuts are usually minor birth injuries that heal quickly. Nonetheless, they lead to extra medical bills and unwarranted worry for the parents. Often a baby can be bruised or cut by complications in the birth process. For instance, if the baby is oversized or the birth is excessively long, the baby spends too much time pushed up against the mother’s pelvis and can be injured.

Clearly, broken bones are much more grave and can do much more harm. While broken bones during delivery can lead to long-term or lifelong disability, typically they heal comparatively quickly as infants are rapidly and constantly developing new bone. Regardless, a broken bone during birth results in unthinkable pain for your child and mental anguish for you. The delivering doctor must notice the circumstances of the birth and take measures to protect the mother and child from injury. When the doctor neglects to behave as the are obligated to, you may have a birth injury claim. Our birth injury attorneys will insist that you are awarded the compensation you and your, child deserve while holding the careless doctor accountable.

Occasionally there are measures a Richmond, MO doctor should have taken but failed to, and other times the doctor improperly used delivery tools or applied too much force during the delivery. In that case, it is imperative to call our birth injury attorneys in Richmond, MO now to go through your options. Contact us today for a free consultation.

Injury to the Mother

Occasionally, the mother or both the mother and child received injuries during delivery. The mother may experience substantial blood loss or other complications. In some instances, the mother is harmed because of a doctor’s substandard care. For example, high blood pressure before or during labor can be an indication of preeclampsia, which can lead to seizures. If you had a seizure while giving birth after a doctor neglected to notice your high blood pressure, you are entitled to damages and our birth injury attorneys will insist that you are fairly compensated.

Emotional Injury

Not all damages in birth injury cases can be measured in dollars. If you or your child were hurt because of a negligent doctor, then you have experienced undeserved worry, stress, heartbreak, shock and more. In the worst cases, you and your child may have to face the prospect of your child never being able to enjoy normal Richmond, MO childhood games or having special medical requirements for the rest of their life. Getting maximum compensation for your pain and suffering and mental anguish is an important step in making you whole again. In order to collect the full recovery you and your child are entitled to, you require veteran birth injury attorneys in Richmond, MO on your case. Burger Law’s team of birth injury lawyers can help.

It is important to realize that there are several potential causes of birth injuries that are unrelated to medical negligence or a breach of care. For instance, many Richmond, MO birth injuries occur during a delayed birth (labor that lasts over 18 hours). In some instances of delayed birth, a Cesarean section may have been the best method of treatment and in others, it could not have been. That depends on your unique birth. Each patient and each birth is different and individual cases differ greatly.

Our Richmond, MO birth injury attorney at Burger Law has experience with every variety of birth injury case and will help you decide if the standard of care you were given is below that which a competent doctor would have given you. Our network of Richmond, MO physicians and medical experts will help us understand the specific elements of your case, determine the value of your injuries and conclusively demonstrate the physicians’s negligence in providing you and your child substandard care so that we can get you a full recovery to make you and your child whole.

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Physicians, healthcare professionals and Richmond, MO medical institutions have what is called medical professional liability insurance, sometimes called medical malpractice insurance. Like any Richmond, MO insurance company, these insurers will try to bully, trick, and deceive you with labyrinthine and misleading legal gibberish. The shrewd birth injury lawyers at Burger law will handle all communication and litigation for you and will fight back against bullies like resistant insurance companies to make sure they are held accountable and give you the maximum recovery you deserve. Medical malpractice cases in Richmond, MO can be tough, but our birth injury attorneys have over twenty years of experience fighting and winning birth injury lawsuits and will acquire the evidence, proof, expert testimony and, eventually, the complete compensation you are owed.

In order to triumph in a medical malpractice claim, you must do three things:

1. Assign and prove negligence. Not all instances of birth complications or birth injury are owing to a doctor’s negligence. You must prove that the doctor gave you a substandard level of care that a capable doctor in the same field would have treated you with. Burger Law’s network of Richmond, MO physicians and medical experts will help determine if there was negligence, and prove it in your case.
2. Get a affidavit of support. You will need to hire a Richmond, MO doctor or nurse in the same field—in this instance, neonatal care—to write an affidavit agreeing that the care you were given was negligent, improper, or substandard. As your birth injury attorneys, the Burger Law team will procure your letter of support.
3. Conclusively demonstrate that negligence caused the harm. Your child might develop cerebral palsy or may be born with a broken collarbone because of shoulder dystocia. The doctor may or may not be responsible, and you will have to prove that the doctor’s birthing techniques or inaction directly led to the injury. You need a Burger Law Richmond, MO birth injury lawyer you trust to help demonstrate how the physician's negligence caused a birth injury that has damaged you and your family.

Burger law’s dedicated team of Richmond, MO-based birth injury attorneys will stand by your side throughout the entire process and handle all the legal work for you so you can concentrate your energy on the health of you and your child.

The Richmond, MO lawyers of Burger Law have the experience and knowledge to help you receive the full recovery you deserve after any accident or injury caused by someone else leaves you injured. Learn more about our fields of expertise below.

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Call Our St. Louis Birth Injury Attorneys Today

If your baby received a birth injury, it is understandable to feel a whole spectrum of emotions: frightened, confused, infuriated and grief-stricken. If the birth injury is incurred because of medical malpractice, Burger Law will stand by your side to fight for your maximum recovery and put you on the road to recovery. Our unwavering Richmond, MO birth injury lawyers will take on your case and work tirelessly for you, from our first case review until we win your case. Let us help you safeguard you and your child’s future. Get a free case review today by calling us at (314) 500-HURT or by filling out this form.