If your child suffered a preventable brain injury from loss of oxygen before, during, or immediately after birth, our team is here to help. A Clayton newborn anoxic brain injury lawyer from our team is here for you when you need us most.
Contact a Clayton medical malpractice lawyer from The Fitch Law Firm LLC about your options today. We provide a free consultation for families whose newborns suffered birth injuries. Call our team for help today.
What Damages Are Available When a Clayton Newborn Anoxic Brain Injury Lawyer Seeks Compensation for Our Family?
Treating your child’s brain injuries and providing them with the best future possible, despite any lasting disabilities, can be expensive. When our team manages a birth injury case, Clayton personal injury lawyers understand that your family needs to recover compensation to pay for your current bills and cover your losses to date, as well as plan for the future.
We seek both economic and non-economic damages for our clients. These damages could include such economic damages as:
- Current medical bills, which could include NICU stays, surgeries, diagnostic tests, and treatments
- Future medical care, including ongoing care, therapies, and future hospitalizations
- Cost of in-home nursing or other professional caregivers
- Physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and other prescribed therapies
- Assistive devices and medical equipment, such as wheelchairs and hospital beds
- Home modifications for accessibility
- Educational expenses, including special education and tutoring
- Loss of future earning capacity for the child’s projected income
- Transportation costs, including special vehicles or vehicle modifications
Your child’s non-economic damages could include such items as:
- Pain and suffering
- Reduced ability to experience normal childhood activities
- Reduced quality of life for their projected lifetime
- Permanent disability or disfigurement
- Other intangible losses
We can investigate your case and speak with experts to determine your full range of damages.
For a free legal consultation with a Clayton newborn anoxic brain injury lawyer
(614) 545-3930
How Our Attorneys Handle Medical Malpractice and Birth Injury Cases
The founder of The Fitch Law Firm LLC, Lawyer John Fitch, has been providing empathetic and understanding services to clients for more than three decades. He and his team provide compassionate support to clients while aggressively pursuing maximum compensation and holding liable parties responsible for their negligence and the harm they caused.
Our legal team wants to get to know you and your family. We provide free consultations where you can talk to a real staff member and discuss your legal options and next steps. We want to talk about your case and see if we can help.
We also represent our clients based on contingency. We will not ask you to pay upfront fees or cover any costs before we close your case. Our fees always come from the money we recover for you. If we do not win your case and recover compensation, we will not get paid.
The Last Thing You Should Worry About Is How You’re Going To Pay For Your Medical Bills.
(614) 545-3930
Clayton Birth Injury Lawyers Understand the Causes of Newborn Anoxic Brain Injuries
Anoxic brain injuries occur when the victim does not receive oxygen to their brain for some period of time. This lack of oxygen can cause serious brain injuries, physical disabilities, cognitive impairments, and conditions such as cerebral palsy.
Some possible causes of newborn anoxic brain injuries include:
- Umbilical cord complications, such as cord prolapse or cord around the neck
- Placental issues, including placental abruption and placenta previa
- Prolonged or difficult labor and failure to perform a C-section
- Uterine rupture
- Maternal infections not treated promptly or effectively
- Maternal hemorrhage
- Improper fetal monitoring or failure to detect distress
- Anesthesia or medication errors during labor and delivery
- Delayed delivery after signs of fetal distress
- Mismanagement of high-risk pregnancies
In many cases, medical negligence contributes to or causes anoxic brain injuries in newborns. This negligence could support a medical malpractice birth injury case against the following:
- Obstetrician
- Labor and delivery nurses
- Midwife
- Anesthesiologist
- Hospital, doctor’s office, or birthing center
The strength of the case and who is legally liable depend greatly on the circumstances of the case and the cause of the injuries. Our lawyers can build a case that shows what happened and who is responsible.
Steps a Clayton Newborn Anoxic Brain Injury Attorney From Our Team Will Take for You
When you trust your case to our medical malpractice attorneys, we use firm resources and take the time to build the strongest, most convincing case possible to show that a medical care provider’s negligence caused your child’s accident and that they are guilty of medical malpractice.
Some of the steps our team will take on your family’s behalf include:
- Obtain and examine relevant medical records
- Consult with medical experts, including obstetricians, neonatologists, and neurologists
- Identify any and all deviations from the accepted standard of care
- Secure expert witness affidavits as required under Rule 10(D)(2) of the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure
- Document your economic and non-economic damages
- Investigate hospital policies and staff training records
- Gather evidence of fetal monitoring and labor management
- Draft and file the complaint while meeting any applicable deadlines
- Conduct depositions of doctors, nurses, experts, and hospital staff
- Negotiate a settlement when possible
- File the medical malpractice lawsuit and present evidence, examine witnesses, and argue the case at trial when necessary
When you trust a Clayton, Ohio, birth injury lawyer with your case from our firm, we will fight for your child and your family’s best interests from beginning to end. We understand that you need to receive maximum compensation for your damages, including money for your child’s future care and support needs.
We present strong evidence, including from medical experts who confirm that malpractice occurred, and fight for a fair payout for your family. We often settle these cases without going to trial, but our team is prepared for litigation if it is necessary in your case.
We Will Be
There To Help
You All The Way
Discuss Your Child’s Brain Injury With Our Legal Team
The Fitch Law Firm LLC provides complimentary consultations for families whose newborns suffered a birth injury due to a lack of oxygen. You can discuss your next steps and learn how a Clayton newborn anoxic brain injury lawyer from our team can help you fight for justice.
Contact us today to learn more.
