Fight for Justice: What is a Birth Injury Attorney?

by Vishal Kaushik Digital Marketer

When you are dealing with the birth of your child and his or her serious injuries, it can be difficult to know who to turn to for help and advice. Many times, hospitals and doctors blame the injuries on an act of God or nature, but that is rarely true. Birth injuries can be caused by many different factors, including medical negligence or carelessness on behalf of your doctor or other medical personnel who were in attendance at the birth of your child.

Birth injuries can happen any time during pregnancy or delivery, and in various ways. The most common birth injuries are cerebral palsy, permanent brain damage and paralysis. A birth injury attorney can help you fight for justice if your child is one of the many children who have been victimized by negligence or wrongdoing at the birthing process.

Cerebral palsy affects 3 out of every 1,000 births in the United States. Cerebral palsy is caused when oxygen flow to the baby’s brain was interrupted before, during or after birth. The lack of oxygen damages cells that control movement and speech and may cause permanent cognitive impairments like intellectual disability.

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 6-7% of all babies born in America will have some form of cerebral palsy. Cerebral Palsy cannot be cured but it can be managed with therapy, surgery and medication. You may wonder how this disorder got its name because the term cerebral means something related to the brain and palsy refers to an impairment in voluntary muscular activity.