A birth injury is a physical injury that happens to an infant before or during childbirth. A newborn child may suffer birth injures (such as cerebral palsy) as the result of a mistake made by the hospital, doctor, nurse, midwife or another health care provider. Signs of possible injury may include:
Birth injuries present physical, emotional, and financial challenges for a family. Caring for a child with cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy or other disabilities can cost an estimated $900,000 over the lifetime of a child.
Each year Maryland’s doctors, nurses and hospitals are responsible for providing substandard medical care to their patients, including newborns. Since 1990, an estimated $456 million in settlements have been paid to Maryland families who have suffered a birth injury, according to the National Practitioner’s Database.
Sokolove Law has 30+ years of experience representing families in birth injury cases due to medical negligence. Our Maryland birth injury lawyers have helped birth injury victims and their families secure millions of dollars in settlements to cover lifelong care costs such as medicine, therapy, rehabilitation, schooling and assistive devices.
Sokolove Law, the first truly national birth injury law firm, partners with Maryland birth injury attorneys with the skills and experience to help victims in the state and across the country get the answers and justice they deserve.
If your city is not listed here, don’t worry: Sokolove Law’s birth injury lawyers are able to file lawsuits wherever a birth injury occurs.
Do you suspect your child’s condition was due to a medical mistake? Then contact us for a free legal consultation with one of our Maryland birth injury attorneys to learn how we may be able to help you and your family. Fill out the form to the right or call us at (877) 814-2211 for a free, no-obligation legal consultation.