Massachusetts Birth Injury Lawyers
The investigation and litigation of birth injuries, such as cerebral palsy attributable to obstetric malpractice, has become increasingly complex in recent years as the debate about the cause of particular birth defects has intensified. At Kenney & Conley, however, our careful prelitigation examination and review of the factors that tend to indicate professional negligence has helped us achieve success in birth injury cases. If you believe your child has a disability or cognitive impairment that might have resulted from professional negligence in the delivery room, contact a Greater Boston medical malpractice attorney at our Braintree office.
Most birth injuries that can be attributed to obstetric errors reflect one or more of several breakdowns in the quality of care: inadequate monitoring of vital signs, failure to recognize the need for a c-section delivery under emergency circumstances, and improper manipulation of either delivery instruments or the fetus. Except in cases where a specific obstetric error or omission can be stated with some certainty to have caused a particular birth injury, the issue of causation is usually the main question litigated--the severity of the injuries themselves is most often well beyond dispute.
Among the birth injury cases our attorneys most often encounter are the following:
- Cerebral palsy
- Erb's palsy, shoulder dystocia, or brachial plexus
- Bleeding into the fetus's brain
- Placental abruption
- Fetal distress or birth trauma
Defendants in birth injury cases can include not only the attending doctor, but also the hospital and nurses. To learn more about our case investigation methods and how they can help establish your claim for birth injury damages, contact an experienced Greater Boston medical malpractice attorney at Kenney & Conley.
