Birth Injury Attorney: Professional Birth Injury Lawyers at Strom Law Firm

Birth Injury Lawyers for Your Medical Malpractice Case

Our birth injury lawyers at the Strom Law Firm are familiar with litigating South Carolina personal injury cases and can often help victims recover substantially more compensation than they would be able to retain on their own, so it is highly advisable for anyone injured in a child birth accident to discuss their options with one of our birth injury lawyers. Our birth injury lawyers can review your birth injury and help you determine the best way to move forward with your medical malpractice case.

A birth injury caused by a mistake or negligence during the birthing process can change your life forever. A birth injury can leave you with the added expenses of therapy, nursing care, and medication. A medical mistake during pregnancy can require surgery, 24-hour care, and recurrent medical problems and may leave you worrying about how to best care for your child. Birth injury cases and medical malpractice may also result in injury to your child.

A birth injury may occur when a physician does not react sufficiently to signs of a patient’s distress or when care is not provided correctly during pregnancy or the delivery process. These accidents may result in overwhelming effects on the mother and/or child. Working with a birth injury lawyer can help you receive the compensation you deserve for your birth injuries.

 

Some birth injuries that may occur as a result of substandard care also known as medical malpractice include:

  • Pediatric Bone fractures
  • Bruising and skin irritationBirth Injury Lawyers
  • Facial Paralysis
  • Infections
  • Brain Damage
  • Internal bleeding
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Brachial Plexus Injury
  • Erbs Palsy

The reason for these birth injuries and accidents vary from patient to patient and greatly depends on the method of delivery, whether it’s vaginal or a C-section. Birth injuries include things such as pediatric bone fractures, which may be caused by a doctor or midwife using too much force–either by pulling or twisting too hard while trying to extract the child. In extreme cases, this can also cause problems such as nerve damage, leading to paralysis or reduced nerve function in the arm, shoulder, or hands. These severe nerve birth injuries of the upper limbs can cause what is known as Erb’s Palsy, which is typically a result of an injury to the brachial plexus, a bundle of nerves that run from the spine through your shoulder to control the arms and hands. Because of the lifelong effects of these birth injuries, the compensation that may be awarded with the help of a medical malpractice attorney can be substantial. Our personal injury attorneys at Strom Law have experience with various types of nerve damage cases, along with other birth injury lawsuit cases. 

Another common reason for birth injuries resulting in nerve damage is medical staff mishandling or misusing medical equipment such as forceps or vacuum suction used to remove blood or fluids during delivery. Forceps may cause pinching of nerves, leading to nerve damage like facial paralysis or other types of palsy. Vacuum suction applied incorrectly could cause damage to the lungs, mouth, eyes, or ears of the child due to negative pressure changes on these delicate parts of the body; accidents and birth injuries like these unfortunately occur more often than many medical professionals would like to admit. Birth and delivery injury can occur unexpectedly with unforeseen consequences.

Additional Causes of Child Birth Injury Cases

The most severe injuries can be caused not by a doctor mishandling your child or medical devices, but by a failure to recognize when something is very wrong. This can be caused by inattention to fetal heart rate monitors for the child or mother. Medical professionals are trained to recognize when your child is in distress during the delivery process, and serious situations such as the wrapping of the umbilical cord around the child’s neck may call for an immediate C-section. Failure to expedite the removal of the child can cause life-threatening injuries, such as brain damage and even death, to occur in just minutes if the supply of oxygen to the child’s brain is not quickly restored. As hospitals around the world become more short-staffed, negligence-related birth injury is becoming a more prevalent problem and causing more birth injuries.

Lastly, another rising problem in hospitals across the world is infections, and often, a person is much more likely to catch these antibiotic-resistant infections while hospitalized than in the outside world. Failure on the part of medical staff to recognize symptoms of distress in the child as a sign of infection–such as changes in blood pressure and body temperature–can allow ample time for the infection to spread. Depending on the location and severity of the infection, the consequences can be devastating to your child. Birth injury is not limited to the injuries mentioned here. There are a variety of other medical malpractice instances and accidents that can happen during delivery. If you experienced any of these accidents or birth injuries during your pregnancy, you can contact a birth injury lawyer to get help with your negligence birth injury case.

Birth Injury Consequences

Unfortunately, most birth injuries do not painlessly fade away within a few years. The majority of birth injuries continue to affect children for the rest of their life. That means your child will be dealing with the physical and emotional effects of these birth injuries for decades. There will likely be a significant amount of pain and discomfort. The injury may even affect your child’s ability to attend college or earn a living in South Carolina.

Birth injuries also lead to severe medical bills. The cost of treatment, surgery, rehabilitation, or lifetime care for a birth injury will add up quickly. The medical malpractice lawyers at the Strom Law Firm, L.L.C. want to help you and your children with this burden. A birth injury lawyer will review your birth injury lawsuit and fight for your South Carolina case.

Importance of Hiring Birth Injury Attorneys for Your Case

When you or your baby suffers a birth injury during delivery, you may be entitled to compensation by the responsible parties–this is where a birth injury lawyer comes in handy. A birth injuries lawyer will help you to file a successful case against the responsible medical practitioner or hospital in court and pursue it to a satisfactory end.

Unless you’re a qualified personal injury attorney, you need someone who understands the intricacies of the birth injury law to represent you in court. A good birth injury lawyer understands the law and how they can apply it to get you maximum compensation for your birth injury. Birth injury attorneys know how much each birth injury claim is worth and how to make sure you get it.

When you’re quantifying the amount of compensation you deserve for your birth injuries, you have to consider all essential elements of the case. These elements affect the overall value of a settlement; therefore, you need qualified and experienced birth injury attorneys to analyze all the intricacies of your claim and determine how much the birth injury is worth.

If you are seeking compensation from an insurance company, you’ll rely on your attorney’s understanding of the law to pursue reparation successfully. Legal processes can be overwhelming and complex, especially when you’re pursuing individuals or companies that are unwilling to accept their responsibility for the injuries. But with a personal injury attorney who knows the law, you can hold everyone involved in the malpractice birth injury mess accountable.

Furthermore, confronting the insurance company directly without an attorney is risky and daunting because the company has the knowledge and resources to influence the outcome of the case. Every insurance company’s objective when dealing with a claim is to ensure their interests are fully protected.

So, going it alone increases your risk of getting the least amount of compensation. But with a qualified and experienced attorney, your interests will be well protected because they’ll fight it out in and out of court with insurance agents–thus, increasing your odds of getting fully compensated for your birth injury.

You’re supposed to pay your personal injury lawyer a certain percentage of the settlement. So, they risk not getting paid if they mishandle your claim. This motivates your medical malpractice lawyer to work harder and ensure that you get everything you deserve. In most instances, birth injury cases don’t make it to trial because they’re settled out of court.

Your attorney will help you to take the case to trial where you stand a better chance of getting full compensation. Very few insurance companies want their cases to make it to trial because their chances of protecting their interests diminish significantly. You also need a qualified and experienced lawyer to help you gather enough strong evidence that will prove your birth injury case.

A good lawyer knows what to look for and how to question witnesses to gather useful information about the birth injury that you can present in court. If the doctor or hospital refuses to hand over medical records that will support your claim, your lawyer knows the steps they should take to make them provide the right information.

Call Today for a Free Consultation with a Birth Injury Lawyer

If a loved one has been injured or died as a result of a birth injury or medical malpractice, the South Carolina birth injury lawyers at the Strom Law Firm, LLC. may be able to help. We are committed to securing fair compensation for birth injuries including wrongful death.

While you focus on taking care of your loved one, our birth injury attorneys will focus on protecting your rights. Whether you’ve experienced birth injuries, medical malpractice, or other accidents, a personal injury lawyer can help. Our job as your birth injury attorneys is to protect you and your child by working to hold medical staff responsible for medical malpractice and get you the compensation you deserve for your birth injury.

Although many of the people we represent in these birth injury cases are from right here in South Carolina, our birth injury lawyers frequently take clients from all over the Southeastern U.S. and, in certain cases, from across the country. If you or your child has been injured or been wrongfully killed from birth injury, contact a South Carolina birth lawyer and wrongful death attorneys at the Strom Law Firm, LLC today for a free, no-cost consultation today. 803.252.4800

Birth Injury Lawyers

How this works

Step 1 - Welcome
In this step, you'll experience a warm welcome as you enter the Strom Law Firm.
1
Step 2 - Initial Meeting
You'll meet with professionals. They will go through the facts of your case, explain the entire process.
2
Step 3 - Preparations
We builds your case by interviewing witnesses, conducting legal research, drafting pleadings, and hiring experts.
3
Step 4 - Trial
You'll learn that the firm is trial-ready. They've been preparing since day one and will guide you through the process.
4
Step 5 - Resolution
your case concludes with the firm hoping for a positive outcome. They assure enduring friendships and a commitment to being there for you, regardless of future legal needs.
5
No obligations & no credit card required

STROM LAW IS...

years combined
legal experience
0 +
awards &
accredetations
0 +
Founded
in
0
years
in business
0

What Our Clients Say

They truly care
Mrs Vallery, who answered the phone took more care and attention to detail than any other law office, that I have called, in 2 years+. She diligently took notes to give to the lawyers and cared about my situation and let me actually tell everything without cutting me short. Out of over 100 law offices, this is rare treatment. Care. Consideration. That means more than anything going through this…
Anonymous
google-logo
Professional Representation, Satisfying Legal Outcome!
My wife and I retained Bakari Sellers to represent our son in a case in Richland County. We found Mr. Sellers, his assistant Stephanie, and the rest of the staff at Strom, extremely courteous and professional. We really appreciated Mr. Sellers’ straightforward and honest approach. We believe this is a very competent law firm, and are satisfied with the legal outcome they achieved. We would highly recommend them!
Bryan B.
google-logo
Exceptional Legal Team After Our Car Accident!
We retained Atty Jessica Fickling to help us after a terrible car accident. She and her paralegal Mallory were wonderful! Professional, skilled, savvy – we couldn’t have asked for a better legal team. Many thanks!!
Jocelyn C.
google-logo
Strom Law Firm's Consistent Excellence
I have been a client with The Strom Law Firm for thirty years and have been incredibly blessed to have the assurance that they will do everything possible to provide excellent service to my needs. Ally Benevento is exceptional and represents the firm in a professional manner.
Timothy O.
google-logo
From Self-Representation to Victory in SSDI Case!
My experience with Mario and his staff was outstanding. When everyone said to give up my case with SSDI and after being poorly represented and losing. I had to file my own appeals and represent myself. I literally called every attorney in the book. Then I called Mario cold – I expected one more no! Well, this gentleman took my case and won. He knows the law and cares a lot. I am proud to call him my friend. If you need a professional to help you, call these guys.
Robert L.
google-logo
A Pleasure to Work With, Outstanding Case Outcome!
Thanks Olivia, It was a pleasure working with you. You were well prepared and presented our case in a very professional manner. I could not have ask for a better outcome. Working with everyone at the Strom Law Firm has always been a pleasure and I will be happy to recommend your Law Firm to anyone.
Nancy G.
google-logo
A Lifesaver in the Courtroom, Ensuring Freedom with A1 Professionalism
Needed a lifesaver. I had gotten myself into a bad situation and the possibility of going to prison. Through the diligence and hard work done by attorney Alley B., I was able to walk out of that courtroom a free man. No tricks just hard down attorney work. She was an A1 professional and knew every inch of the Law pertaining to my case. For that, I am forever grateful.
Anonymous
google-logo
A Winning Team at Strom Law Firm!
John Alphin was great. We basically worked together for 22 months. Bakari Sellers was also on the team and together those 2 guys were fabulous. Won the case and I’m still a client of Strom law firm. Thank you and awesome law firm.
Steve T.
google-logo
Excellence in Action for Workman's Comp Case!
Strom Law Firm was really great and professional. I had a great experience with Mario as my attorney and his paralegal, Brian. These two are amazing, they worked very hard on my husband’s workman’s comp case and we were very pleased with the services and results 👍. Brian was so prompt at returning phone calls and getting things ready for the case. I strongly recommend this firm for any of your legal matters. If I had to use you guys again, I would be happy to do so.
Mary W.
google-logo
Mastering Complex Legal Issues with Care and Compassion
Mario Pacella at Strom Law Firm LLC in Brunswick, Georgia, is a masterful, no-nonsense lawyer. His caring and compassionate approach, along with prompt responsiveness, sets him apart. Mario and the firm exhibit exceptional professionalism and attention to detail, emphasizing genuine care for every client.
L. Gilder
google-logo
No obligations & no credit card required

Contact Us For A Free Case Evaluation

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

No obligations & no credit card required

*A consultation fee applies to employment matters