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Birth Injury Litigation

Birth injuries can result in severe disabilities that can negatively impact the quality of life of your child. Medical treatments can be expensive and long.





A competent lawyer will bring a birth injury lawsuit as well as investigate the incident, gather evidence, create an argument for negligence and represent you in settlement negotiations or at trial if necessary.

Settlements

In the majority of medical malpractice cases, the plaintiff and defendant reach a settlement before the case is even tried. This allows both parties to avoid the burdensome and costly court fees, and it gives the plaintiff a promise of a fair settlement. If the trial is not able to be concluded the jury will decide whether the defendants owe plaintiff any compensation and the amount of they must pay.

The first step towards receiving financial compensation for birth injuries for your child is to establish that the doctor who gave birth to your baby had a professional relationship with you and that he breached this obligation during the birthing process. You can prove this by using medical documents and hospital invoices. Your lawyer will also need to find evidence that shows the breach led to your child's injuries.

Once you have this evidence and your lawyer has it, they will send a demand package to the defendants' malpractice insurance carriers. The document will include a letter detailing the child's injuries together with the supporting documentation. The malpractice insurer will review the demand, and take it or leave it. If the demand is denied your lawyer will file a lawsuit.

Your lawyer could suggest that, in the event that a lawsuit is successful for birth injury, a part of the settlement or award be put into a special needs fund. This will allow your child to use the funds for things like medicine or physical therapy as well as home modifications.

Trials

In some instances, attorneys attempt to find a solution to the issue before taking it to court. A settlement offers the plaintiff with financial compensation and results in an official agreement that ends the matter.

An attorney's team will seek evidence to prove that medical professionals did not adhere to a high standard of care and triggered an injury. Lawyers for the defendants will also gather their own evidence to refute the claims. The attorneys will meet to discuss a settlement. If a settlement isn't reached the case will go to trial.

The trial process can take months or even years to complete. Plaintiffs might experience stress, pain and even risk when they recall their child's birth injury trauma. The winner may be awarded a substantial amount. However, a losing party can file an appeal of the decision.

An experienced birth injury lawyer can make all the difference in your case. A lawyer can guarantee the best possible outcome through each stage of the litigation process, from drafting the demand letter, to filing the lawsuit, discovery, settlement negotiations and trial, in the event of an appeal, if necessary. They can help you get compensation that will alter your life and the lives of your family. Lawyers can also provide experts to back your claim. The legal team at Lipsitz Green will investigate the case to determine what happened and fight for a reasonable amount of compensation.

Statute of Limitations

The medical profession has its own set of rules to be followed when performing procedures. This includes the statute of limitations which specifies a deadline for filing lawsuits. This limit is designed to ensure that claims are filed in the time evidence is available in physical form and the memories of witnesses are fresh. A lawsuit filed after the statute of limitations has expired will be dismissed even if it has a strong legal basis.

For birth injury victims the statute of limitation can be crucially important. A successful case could result in compensation for future and current medical costs loss of wages due to the inability to work in order to take care of the child, as well as emotional distress. In certain instances, the juror or judge could also award punitive damages to punish defendants who have displayed an extreme lack of care.

A New York attorney who is well-versed in birth injury claims is required to represent the victims. They can investigate and collect evidence to prove a case of negligence or negotiate a settlement or go to court when necessary. In some instances there is a possibility that a defendant will attempt to dismiss a suit by asserting that the statute of limitations has run out. A lawyer will be able quickly determine when this is the case. If the matter involves a hospital that is public that is managed by local government agencies, whether federal or state-based the possibility of a separate and shorter time limits for statute of limitations could apply.

Expert Witnesses

Expert witnesses can help juries and judges better understand the evidence and the facts of a medical malpractice case. They can also offer professional or specific opinions that help the jury to make a decision. They are able to do this because their experience and expertise is more precise and reliable than an average person or someone with no medical background.

A legal representative can retain an expert witness to review medical records, give an opinion and help the lawyer to put together the case. The expert would sign an affidavit, and then give evidence in the court. An expert could be an internal employee of the defendant's hospital or health care system, or an individual who is not associated with the institution.

The testimony of an expert should reflect the state of medical knowledge at the time of the event in the case. The expert should not denigrate or accept the practice as a whole within generally accepted standards of practice. Experts should provide transcripts of depositions and courtroom testimony for peer review. They should not enter into agreements in which the costs for their expert testimony are excessively high in relation to their time and effort involved.

Parents who have a child who suffers a serious birth injury may claim damages for the future care that their child will require and also for past costs they've already paid to provide care for the child. An experienced lawyer can determine if negligence was involved in the child's injury at birth and can secure compensation to alleviate the financial burden of families.