Birth Defect Lawyers

When a child is born with a serious medical condition parents could be paying medical bills. If your child has a birth defect that was caused by medical malpractice or by exposure to certain drugs, you could be entitled to compensation.

A Hudson, NY birth defects lawyer can help you seek justice.

Causes of Birth Defects

Some birth defects happen because of mutations in genes or the chromosomes. These conditions can be passed on from parents with these abnormalities or can result from new mutations that occur in fertilized eggs. These issues may affect the way the body functions or is formed. These genetic problems could be minor or serious.

Birth defects can also be caused by environmental factors that affect fetal growth. These include chemicals and toxins such as those in industrial solvents like benzene and trichloroethylene (used in dry cleaning), and perchloroethylene (used to strip paint, and also in painting and degreasing of metals). These can also lead to exposure to lead, arsenic, mercury, or other heavy metals that are used in the production of goods or in power plants. These harmful chemicals, also called teratogens, could cause serious harm to a growing baby.

A medical professional can cause a birth defect through incompetence, for example, not diagnosing or treating the mother's health issue during pregnancy or after the child is born. A doctor could be negligent when they prescribe medications that could cause birth defects or administer medication in a way that is not correct. A medical malpractice case could be brought against the doctor who committed the error. A birth injury lawsuit could also be filed against an employer in the event that they expose a pregnant employee to harmful substances.

Medical Malpractice

Birth defects are structural changes in the body that negatively impact its appearance or function. According to the CDC, these conditions can affect any body part or organ.

If the child is born with a birth defect parents often want to know how the condition was created. The most commonly cited causes of these conditions are medical negligence or exposure to teratogen chemicals. A birth defect lawyer with experience can assist families in investigating the causes of birth defects and then file a lawsuit against the people responsible.

Medical malpractice cases involving birth injuries usually have a time limit that is only one year. Parents must take action quickly when they discover an issue with their birth and connect it to the injury. Collecting receipts, bills and credit card payment records, as well as other evidence, can aid in your claim for compensation.

While it's nice to have more time for grieving the traumatic experience of learning that a child is born with defects or birth injuries it is not an option to consider when filing an official case. This is why it is critical to find a reputable birth defect and birth injury attorney who can manage all the preceding steps promptly.

Product Liability

Modern technology and medicine has greatly reduced the risk of childbirth. Birth defects and injuries are still possible. If your child suffered an injury as a result of the negligence or carelessness of an medical professional during labor, birth and birth, you could be legally entitled to financial compensation to compensate your losses.

A birth defect lawyer from Levy Knigsberg LLP can help you determine whether or not you have grounds to file a lawsuit against the doctor, hospital, or other parties responsible. Our team has the experience and resources needed to safeguard your rights, and Birth Defect includes the services of specialized medical and scientific experts to discover and connect your child's health condition with exposure to chemicals or other environmental factors.

Birth defects can vary in severity and impact the appearance of a child, their quality of life, as well as their expected life span. Our firm can provide professional guidance and advice regarding the merits of a claim in the event that your child's illness is caused by medical negligence, prescription medication, toxic chemical exposure, or environmental causes. Contact us now to begin the process of getting compensation for your damages. We can review your case free of cost and with no obligation. We only receive a fee in the event that we win or settle your case.

Toxic Exposure

Many people are exposed to chemicals and toxic substances on a daily basis as part of their jobs or in their surroundings. Unfortunately some of these chemicals have been found to cause birth defects (teratogens) and can harm babies. Parents who believe that their child's Birth defect (fhoy.kr) is due to exposure to chemicals could be qualified for compensation.

One of the main birth defects that can be caused by exposure to chemicals during pregnancy. Some of these substances, including toxic solvents used in the industry of manufacturing semiconductors, are known to cause a variety of birth defects in children who are not yet born. Our firm has successfully handled a number of cases against the largest corporations around the world in these matters, resulting in billions of dollars in settlement agreements.

It is well known that exposure to organic solvents, such as tetrachloroethylene, and toluene (TCE) and the exposure to benzene and Vinyl chloride at Camp Lejeune can increase the risk of developing childhood cancers, including hematopoietic cancer, and birth defects. SSRIs and other prescription medications such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), have also been linked with a variety of birth defects.

Victoria Phillips is a partner at Phillips & Paolicelli, focusing on the complex litigation involving product liability and birth defect lawsuits against corporate defendants who cause the distress and suffering of families whose lives have been devastated due to their negligence. She graduated with a magna cumlaude from Williams College and Columbia Law School and is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey.