Birth Injury Attorneys Dexter, MO

Birth Injury Attorneys in Dexter, MO. After the devastation of a birth injury, you need an experienced lawyer you can trust and count on to fight for your family in this horrible time. Call the birth injury attorneys of Burger Law in Dexter, MO right away at (314) 500-HURT to talk about your birth injury case for free and find out what we will do to help you collect full compensation for your or your child's injuries. 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 before, during or after delivery, it can be traumatizing and agonizing. It can be even more enraging when the birth injury is the result of negligent or incorrect medical care. If your child was hurt because a doctor did not give you the care they owed you and your child, Burger Law’s Dexter, MO team of birth injury lawyers will fight for you to win the financial compensation you and your family deserve to secure you and your loved ones’ future and begin on the road to recovery. Call our Dexter, MO birth injury attorneys now at (314) 500-HURT or contact us online to get your free case review to see why hiring Burger Law is the first step to making you and your family whole again.

Birth Injuries in Dexter, MO

About six to eight out of 1,000 children born in the United States sustain a serious birth injury, which makes up about one in every 9,714 children and 28,000 babies a year. Birth injuries are the cause of around two percent of neonatal deaths. Such injuries can include fractures or disorders that affect an infant’s development or cognitive abilities.

Many Dexter, MO attorneys may have seen some medical malpractice suits, but not in birth injury cases or with the exact birth injury you or your child experienced. Our Burger Law birth injury lawyers have seen every type of birth injury and know every type of birth injury claim, and you can be certain that we will fight by your side until you get a full recovery.

Do I Need a Dexter, MO Birth Injury Lawyer?

If you feel that you or your child was hurt due to a doctor’s negligence or breach of care, then it is crucial to turn to the help of accomplished birth injury attorneys in Dexter, MO. Raising a child in Dexter, MO already comes with a plethora of expenses and concerns including food, clothing, school supplies and more. Add to that the possibility that you will have to pay their medical bills for years or their entire life all owing to a doctor’s negligence or careless actions. You should be thinking about when your child will need new shoes, not when they might require a replacement wheelchair because a doctor disregarded the rules.

The talented Dexter, MO birth injury attorneys at Burger Law will work out your complete damages, including the dollar sum of any potential future medical costs and other expenses and damages. Your committed birth injury attorney will demand that you receive a full and just recovery.

Whatever your child’s circumstances, you want to use your energy supplying your child with nourishment and delight, not trying to maneuver through a labyrinth of serpentine legal procedures. When you contact our birth injury attorneys at (314) 500-HURT, we start working on your case straight away to deliver the best possible results. We take care of all the documentation, communication and litigation so you can concentrate 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 path to recovery. We charge no attorney's fees until we win your case.

Fortunately, many birth injuries are minor, and as babies are still developing and growing rapidly, many injuries can heal pretty fast. Whether or not the injury is minor or leads to lifelong disability, you are owed the best possible recovery for your medical expenses, pain and suffering and other damages if the injury was incurred because a doctor or medical institution in Dexter, MO disregarded the rules and did not give you and your newborn child the standard of care they should have.

Types of Birth Injuries

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is a neurological condition that affects motor skills and the most common form of birth injury that affects about 4 in 1,000 children. There are three categories 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 may have an awkward gait but does not need any special help – or more serious, and your child might necessitate special equipment to walk or not be able to walk at all. Diagnosing and treating cerebral palsy involves diligently observing your child’s development, and that can include extensive medical appointments, pricey tests and special equipment to help your child walk or carry out other daily functions. The Dexter, MO-based birth injury lawyers at Burger Law demand that the responsible party pays for all of your past, present and future medical damages connected to your birth injury.

The medical world is still learning about the causes and possible risk factors of cerebral palsy. They do know it is caused by abnormal development of the brain while the brain is still developing, which can take place at any time during the pregnancy or birth. When it happens during birth, many times is is because a doctor or nurse who was delivering the baby was negligent. Doctors need to properly monitor if a child is in distress or if it is receiving enough oxygen to its blood supply.

If your child develops cerebral palsy because a doctor did not sufficiently monitor them, Burger Law’s Dexter, MO birth injury attorneys will take on your claim and ensure you are awarded the maximum compensation you are owed. If you are anxious that your child is not meeting motor skill benchmarks and suspect they may have cerebral palsy, it is vital to immediately reach out to your doctor, who will evaluate your child and may refer you to a specialist. You can also contact Missouri’s Early Intervention system for a free evaluation if your child has yet to turn three. If your child is diagnosed with cerebral palsy and you suspect a medical professional in Dexter, MO is to blame, call Burger Law today at (314) 500-HURT for your free consultation with a professional Dexter, MO birth injury attorney, and start on the journey to receiving maximum compensation and safeguarding the future of you and your family.

Brachial Plexus Injuries and Erb’s Palsy

Brachial plexus injuries are a type of birth injury that results from damage to the brachial plexus – the network of nerves in the shoulder that controls movement and sensation in the arms and hands – during delivery. It hinders the movement of the arm and shoulder. This is caused by too much stretching around the shoulder, neck or head during birth, most often when the baby’s head is stretched to the side. This can happen because the baby was too large to pass through the mother safely, 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 kind of brachial plexus injury where the upper extremities are weak and unable to move normally. Some severe cases involve the tearing of the nerves and can lead to permanent nerve damage. Fortunately, in most cases, movement will return within a few months, and there are specific exercises you can do with your baby to help retain range of motion while he or she heals. Whatever the scope of the injury or and the cost of the medical expenses, the Dexter, MO birth injury lawyers at Burger Law will ensure that you collect the best possible compensation and that the at-fault party’s insurance company pays every dime they owe.

Shoulder Dystocia

When the baby’s shoulder or shoulders cannot easily pass through the mother during birth, it causes a birth injury complication called shoulder dystocia. In the majority of cases, the infant is born without serious incident, and treatment may entail just moving the mother’s and fetus’s position during birth. However, failure to see or correctly treat shoulder dystocia can cause 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, get in touch with our Dexter, MO birth injury attorneys at (314) 500-HURT right away.

Cephalohematoma

This birth injury happens when blood accumulates between a baby’s scalp and the skull because of damaged blood vessels during labor or delivery. You will observe swelling on your child’s head, which typically goes away in a few weeks. The condition is usually minor, nevertheless, there are a few rare issues that can arise. Cephalohematoma can increase your baby’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 commonly minor birth injuries that children recover from rapidly. Nonetheless, they lead to extra medical bills and unwarranted anxiety for the parents. Often a baby can be bruised or cut by complications in the birth process. For example, if the baby is oversized or the birth takes a long time, the baby spends too much time pressed against the mother’s pelvis and can be injured.

Obviously, broken bones are much more grave and can hurt your child in more serious ways. While broken bones during delivery can lead to long-term or lifelong disability, normally they heal relatively rapidy as children are rapidly and constantly growing new bone. Regardless, a broken bone during birth results in unthinkable pain for your child and mental anguish for you. The delivering doctor must note the conditions of birth and take steps to protect the mother and child from harm. When the doctor neglects to treat you as the are obligated to, you could have a birth injury claim. Our birth injury attorneys will demand that you get the recovery you and your, loved one deserve while holding the at-fault doctor accountable.

Often there are measures a Dexter, MO doctor should have implemented but did not, and other times the doctor incorrectly used delivery tools or applied too much force during the delivery. In that case, it is important to get in touch with our birth injury attorneys in Dexter, MO now to discuss your options. Contact us today for a free consultation.

Injury to the Mother

Sometimes, the mother or both the mother and child were injured during delivery. The mother may experience excessive blood loss or other complications. In some instances, the mother is injured because of a doctor’s breach of care. For example, high blood pressure before or during birth can indicate preeclampsia, which can cause seizures. If you had a seizure while giving birth after a doctor did not note your high blood pressure, you are entitled to damages and our birth injury attorneys will fight to make sure you are fairly compensated.

Emotional Injury

Not all damages in birth injury cases are quantifiable. If you or your child were hurt because of a negligent physician, then you have experienced unmerited worry, anxiety, devastation, trauma and more. In the most devastating cases, you and your child may have to accept the prospect of your child never being able to take part in normal Dexter, MO childhood activities or having special medical necessities 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 get the full recovery you and your child are owed, you need seasoned birth injury attorneys in Dexter, 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 substandard care. For example, many Dexter, MO birth injuries happen when there is 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 Dexter, MO birth injury attorney at Burger Law has seen every sort of birth injury claim and will help you understand if the standard of care you were given is less than that which a capable doctor would have given you. Our network of Dexter, MO physicians and medical experts will help us understand the circumstances of your birth injury, calculate the value of your injuries and conclusively demonstrate the doctor’s negligence in breaching their standard of care so that we can get you maximum compensation to make you and your family whole.

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Doctors, healthcare professionals and Dexter, MO medical institutions have what is called medical professional liability insurance, otherwise called medical malpractice insurance. Like any Dexter, MO insurance company, these insurers will try to bully, mislead, and swindle you with complex and misleading legal jargon. The savvy birth injury lawyers at Burger law will take up all communication and litigation for you and will stand up to bullies like resistant insurance companies to ensure they fulfill their obligation and give you the full recovery you deserve. Medical malpractice cases in Dexter, MO can be hard, but our birth injury attorneys have over two years of experience trying and winning birth injury lawsuits and will obtain the evidence, proof, expert testimony and, eventually, the complete compensation you deserve.

In order to succeed in a medical malpractice case, you must achieve three things:

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

Burger law’s dedicated team of Dexter, MO-based birth injury attorneys will fight by your side every step of the way and handle all the legal work for you so you can concentrate your energy on the health of you and your child.

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If your child sustained a birth injury, it is expected to feel an array of emotions: terrified, confused, infuriated and heartbroken. If the birth injury occurs because of medical malpractice, Burger Law will stand by your side to fight for your full compensation and put you on the road to recovery. Our resolute Dexter, MO birth injury lawyers will take up your case and work tirelessly for you, from our first case evaluation until we win your suit. Let us help you safeguard you and your family’s future. Get a free case review today by calling us at (314) 500-HURT or by filling out this form.