Injuries affecting children are uniquely unfair, and they can be a source of immense despair for parents and children alike. Many of these injuries are preventable, yet they occur because medical providers fail to uphold their duty of care to patients. If your child has suffered a birth injury, Big Chad Law wants to pursue justice for your family.
Our firm has served Arizona for many years. Cases involving injuries to children are near to our team’s heart, as seeing negligence affect the most vulnerable motivates us to hold liable parties accountable. Call Big Chad Law today at (602) 560-5820 for a free consultation about how a Phoenix birth injury attorney will demand compensation for your child’s and your damages.
Types of Birth Injuries Our Phoenix Birth Injury Attorneys Assist With
If your child has suffered any birth injury, call Big Chad Law. At the very least, we can answer your questions. We may have extensive experience representing families affected by the same injury your child suffered and may start your case today.
Some types of birth injuries that may result from medical providers’ negligence are:
- Brachial plexus injuries
- Brain injuries
- Caput succedaneum
- Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS)
- Hemorrhage
- Torticollis
- Erb’s palsy
- Spinal cord injuries
- Brain bleeds
- Cephalohematoma
- Facial paralysis
- Other paralyzing injuries
- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
- Kernicterus
These injuries can alter a child’s life forever and also have an immense impact on the parents’ lives. Stillbirths and other fatal injuries are a devastating blow to the parents, causing immense grief and thoughts about what may have been—had medical providers’ negligence not caused such gut-wrenching harm.
While Big Chad Law’s team understands that the pain of a birth injury will likely last, you deserve compensation for your child’s treatment, your mental health services, pain and suffering, and all other harm resulting from the injury. Let us help.
We Have Seen Medical Providers’ Failures Cause Life-Altering Birth Injuries
Whenever an outcome as consequential as a birth injury happens, it’s necessary to ask, “Why?” Our attorneys frequently investigate birth injuries with assistance from our medical experts, and we have found that a birth injury can result from:
Substandard Maternal Care
You cannot care adequately for an unborn child without caring for the mother. The mother’s and child’s well-being is directly intertwined, so a failure to care properly for the mother can contribute to a birth injury. Such failures may include:
- Not regularly seeing the mother throughout her pregnancy
- Failing to thoroughly investigate the mother’s medical history and genetics to identify potential risk factors
- Not conducting routine imaging
- Failing to interpret medical images or tests accurately
- Giving the pregnant mother advice that ultimately contributes to a birth injury
Obstetricians face a high volume of large, costly lawsuits, with death and injury being the subject of many of those suits. This fact indicates that, despite advancements in modern medicine, mothers (and their unborn children) too often fail to receive the quality of care they reasonably expect and deserve.
Failure to Warn the Parents of Risk
Every medical professional should be keenly aware of their “duty to warn.” This duty is so necessary because:
- Most patients have very little medical knowledge, and they trust their doctor to provide the knowledge they need to know
- Many potential side effects and complications from medical treatment can be disabling and life-threatening
- When a child is involved in the healthcare discussion, the duty to warn becomes even more paramount—there are multiple lives at risk rather than one
Whether it is a medication, surgical operation, or other form of care, patients have an irrevocable right to know the risks of any action their medical providers propose.
Injuries Caused During Delivery
There is some urgency during labor, as medical providers want to deliver the child as safely and efficiently as possible. There can be complications while the child is in the womb, so birthing them has to be a priority.
That being said, the child faces heightened risk when one or more medical providers:
- Uses forceps or vacuum devices in a careless manner that causes injury
- Puts excessive pressure on the child using their hands
- Pulls excessively on the child, which can cause brachial plexus injury and possibly other ailments
- Engages in any other delivery-specific act that causes injury to the child
Obstetricians must always consider whether there is a potentially less risky way to deliver a child. If yours failed to mitigate risk, they may be liable for any resulting birth injuries.
Failure to Order an Emergency C-Section
C-sections are projected to account for one-third of all childbirths in the near future. It is a dramatic rise, and the potential for C-section deliveries to be safer is one explanation for this uptick.
If a child or mother shows signs of distress or risk of complication, a doctor may need to order an emergency or preventative C-section delivery. If your doctor failed to take such a measure or did not give the order in a timely enough manner, they may have contributed to the birth injury.
Practicing in an Unsanitary Environment
Bacterial infections, including pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis, are a concern for newborns. If your child suffered health complications as a result of infection, it may have been due to unsanitary conditions or other failures by medical providers.
These are only a few of the many forms of medical negligence that can directly cause or contribute to a birth injury. Your Phoenix birth injury attorney from Big Chad Law will investigate
Why You Can Trust Your Sensitive, High-Stakes Case to Big Chad Law’s Phoenix Team
Birth injury cases are uniquely sensitive. Anytime you are handling an innocent child who has suffered a serious injury, respect for the child and parent—including their emotional and psychological well-being—is paramount.
Big Chad Law leads with compassion. Our clients know they are family because they feel like family every time they interact with our team. We are a firm you can lean on, and we encourage you to choose your Phoenix birth injury attorney from our team because:
Bad-Faith Tactics Do Not Intimidate Us
Whenever we allege medical negligence, we expect liable parties to:
- Claim that our client was aware of and consented to risks that ultimately led to a birth injury.
- Allege that our client did something to contribute to their child’s injury—a cruel assertion, but one we hear more often than you might suspect.
- Insist that their insurance provider protects them from our claim.
- Trot out their own legal counsel to defend themselves against the claims if it comes to it.
These are just a handful of the many tactics we might face from liable parties. They want to minimize their financial liability. It’s our job to fight for your and your child’s full financial recovery, and no bad-faith tactics will get in our way.
Our Team Is Headquartered in Phoenix
Big Chad Law’s Phoenix office is conveniently located on W. McDowell Road. As you care for your child, care for yourself, and adapt to a challenging new reality, we don’t want you to bend over backward regarding your case.
Having your Phoenix birth injury lawyer so close should be a comfort. We will come to you for all in-person meetings, but our doors are open anytime. Plus, being in Phoenix, we may be very familiar with the negligent medical provider(s) who caused your child’s injury.
We Are Tight with Medical Experts Who Understand Birth Injuries
Birth injuries are highly technical. If we are going to assert that medical negligence caused your child harm, we will need to prove it. We rely on medical experts whose experience, training, and insights bring immense value to birth injury cases.
We Are Invested in Your Case, No Matter How Long Justice May Take
Big Chad Law is never interested in a quick or easy settlement, unlike some law firms. We are interested in justice. This mission means that:
- We pursue the strategy that is best for our client, even if that strategy constitutes a “long game”
- We don’t believe in quick fixes to lifelong medical issues, though we will certainly strive to resolve your case as efficiently as possible
- We value the client’s long-term financial well-being—and general well-being—more than a quick payment
Liable parties may tempt and pressure you to accept a quick settlement. Chances are, this settlement will include far less compensation than you and our child need or deserve. Justice is always worth a wait, and we will be willing to fight for you at trial if that’s the right strategy for you.
Our Cases Mean More Than Money, and It Shows in Our Client Service
Money is always central in the cases we handle. It’s how we hold liable parties accountable and improve our clients’ lives. That said, this job is about far more than money, and that’s true of every Big Chad Law team member. We thrive on:
- Easing clients’ minds during one of the most painful, chaotic times in their lives
- Helping parents get their children the medical care they need
- Assisting parents in their own recovery
- Holding negligent medical providers accountable, which we hope will reduce the likelihood of future negligent action
Our communication, manner of speaking, attention to detail, and relentless fight will show you how much we care. Call Big Chad Law today at (602) 560-5820 and complete your free, no-pressure consultation about working with a Phoenix birth injury lawyer.
How Our Phoenix Birth Injury Attorneys Fight for Those Affected by Birth Injuries
First, know that we will create a personalized case strategy for you. You deserve this, and it’s how we achieve the most effective outcomes for our clients. Copy and paste does not work when fighting for justice after a birth injury.
That being said, we often serve clients affected by birth injuries by:
- Documenting medical negligence: We will need to prove that medical providers’ negligence either contributed to or directly caused your child’s injury. We may rely heavily on expert opinions, witness statements, and other telling evidence to prove this case.
- Detailing the child’s damages: Children who suffer birth injuries suffer immediately. They also typically face long-term harm. Our team will again consult experts and take other measures to document present and future harm to your child.
- Detailing the parent’s damages: Parents also suffer, often in devastating ways, when a child suffers a birth-related injury. We will speak with you, have an expert evaluate your pain and suffering, secure financial records, and document your damages in any other necessary way.
- Demanding a fair settlement: Most clients prefer to settle as long as they get fair compensation. We will negotiate a settlement on your behalf but never pressure clients to accept a settlement.
Your child has suffered an injury. You deserve to decide how your case concludes. We will be ready to fight for you at trial if you do not receive an acceptable settlement offer.
Damages from a Birth Injury Often Reach Well Into the Future. We Account for This Fact.
Birth injuries can be truly catastrophic, and your family’s recoverable damages may include:
- The child’s pain and suffering
- Your pain and suffering
- The cost of all present and future medical treatment
- Mental health services for both child and parent
- Future housing costs if the child will be disabled into adulthood
- Lost income if one or both parents have to take a caregiver role
We will document your damages while remaining protective of you and your child (and respectful of your immensely difficult circumstances).
Call Big Chad Law Today for Your Free, No-Risk Consultation About a Phoenix Birth Injury Attorney
We will not ask you for any out-of-pocket payment when you hire Big Chad Law. The weight of your child’s birth injury is more than you should have to carry, and we want to ease your mind by covering all case-related expenses. We will get our fee if we win, but it won’t come directly from you.
Call Big Chad Law today at (602) 560-5820. Complete your free consultation, get to know us, and let us fight for you and your child’s recovery.