Fort Lauderdale Birth Injury Attorney
New parents should have a wonderful experience giving birth to their child in Fort Lauderdale’s hospital. Parents should not worry about whether a medical provider makes a mistake or is negligent during delivery. This will cause permanent injury to their baby. Fort Lauderdale’s new parents are faced with the devastating reality of childbirth. Instead of feeling joy, they are faced with the overwhelming anxiety, anger, and despair of learning that their child has sustained an injury that will change the course of their child’s life. Infants who sustain preventable injuries in childbirth should be compensated and held accountable by their parents. Vaval Law, Fort Lauderdale’s compassionate and experienced birth injury attorneys, can help. For a free consultation, contact us today.
We deal with common birth injuries.
Infants can sustain a variety of injuries during childbirth. While some of these injuries can occur naturally, modern medical procedures often prevent them. Other situations would never occur if a medical professional responsible for childbirth care made a mistake.
Vaval Law represents children and their parents in many matters related to birth injuries. We handle all compensation claims arising from neurological injuries sustained by a newborn in childbirth, as discussed below.
We also deal with claims arising from healthcare professionals’ actions or inactions contributing to a birth injury. For example, a medical team is involved.
- Failure to recognize and avoid complications that could cause oxygen deprivation in the infant, such as umbilical cord obstruction.
- Incorrectly using a tool, such as a forceps or a vacuum extractor, harms the child.
- Treating maternal or fetal health issues that could put the child at increased risk for injury during childbirth is a mistake.
These mistakes and oversights can cause severe, long-lasting injuries to infants.
- Brain injuries can cause serious health problems like cerebral palsy and seizure disorders.
- A baby may be required to receive neonatal surgery or in an intensive care unit for damage to vital organs.
- Damage to the nerves and spinal cord;
- Bone fractures can cause bone deformity and inhibit bone growth.
No matter how a Fort Lauderdale birth injury occurred or the situation’s long-term outcome, Vaval Law’s injury lawyers have the resources and know-how to investigate the facts and determine if parents and children are entitled to compensation from medical providers.
You can get benefits from the Florida Birth-Related Brain Injury Compensation Plan.
The Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan has existed since the 1980s.
The Plan is a type of insurance that covers doctors who treat infants with birth-related neurological injuries. The Plan pays benefits to parents and infants if a covered injury is sustained during childbirth. It doesn’t matter who or how the injury occurred. The Plan provides compensation for injured parents and children, even if the medical staff did not cause the injury.
Participation in the Plan exempts doctors from liability for medical negligence. This exception applies only when there is “clear and convincing evidence” of bad faith, malicious purpose, willful and wanton disregard for human rights, safety, or property on the part of the medical team.
Parents and infants covered by the Plan may be eligible for benefits such as:
- Other than those already covered by insurance, medical and other out-of-pocket expenses related to treating and caring for a child with a birth-related neurological condition.
- Cash payment up to $100,000
- A $10,000 death benefit is available in the case of a fatal injury.
- An attorney can be hired at a reasonable price to file a claim with your Plan.
Vaval Law can assist parents of infants with birth-related neurological damage in filing a claim under the Plan for compensation. Contact us today to find out if your infant is eligible for the Plan’s no-fault benefits.
