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When your newborn suffers brain damage from a lack of oxygen during labor or delivery, the effects on your child and your family are serious and lasting. The days ahead are hard, and what to do next is not always clear. If this has happened to your child in New York,...
The mystery of what causes children to be born with autism — a developmental disorder that is sharply on the rise across the United States — has gained increasing attention in the medical community in recent years. From the standpoint of a birth injury attorney in New York City, one of the most significant developments has been the suggestion that…
Accepted medical standards are the touchstone for determining whether medical errors were preventable and constitute medical malpractice. The same is true for the use of a vacuum extractor during delivery. When vacuum extractor injuries occur in Manhattan — and a vacuum extraction delivery (VAD) was performed but violated standard medical practices — medical malpractice grounds for a lawsuit may exist.…
Cephalohematoma is a medical condition that can occur in newborn babies, potentially leading to serious complications. When New York doctors violate medical standards of care, causing cephalohematoma or worse, grounds may exist to pursue a malpractice lawsuit. A serious medical condition, cephalohematoma involves localized bleeding between the periosteum (the connective tissue covering a bone) and the skull. It appears as a spot…
Because prematurely born babies are at risk for a number of complications, doctors take extra precautions to prevent premature births. It is standard medical practice for obstetricians to order a mother to rest in bed for the remaining pregnancy, suture the cervix to prevent dilation and the advancement of labor or prescribe medication that stops a premature labor. Babies born…
Not all babies that have cerebral palsy are the results of medical malpractice. However, if all indications do point to cerebral palsy resulting from non-standard prenatal care, untreated infections, improperly monitored labor or failure to perform a timely c-section, an experienced Manhattan lawyer may be able to help you seek compensation for birth injury. The Mayo Clinic describes the overall condition as…
To protect mothers and their babies, the medical field sets standards for when a forceps delivery is appropriate and when it is not. If your newborn baby suffers injury or dies because of an obstetrician’s failure to meet standard practices for a forceps delivery, immediately consult a Manhattan injury attorney to identify your legal options. The Mayo Clinic states that…
Because of the complexity of medical issues, any type of malpractice lawsuit requires extensive attention to detail combined with experience navigating the laws specific to your state. If your infant suffers a birth injury in New York, you need the local support of Manhattan medical malpractice lawyers who understand the NY laws and the medical issues related specifically to birth…