Birth Injuries

Legal Representation When Birth Injuries Occur

After your newborn baby or young child has been diagnosed with a birth injury, you deserve answers to your pressing questions. How and why did this happen? What kinds of special needs will your child have? How will treatments, therapy and special accommodations be covered? Before moving forward, you have a right to know who was responsible, such as:

• Obstetrician
• Medical professionals, including nurses, technicians and pharmacists
• Pharmaceutical companies
• Fetal monitor manufacturer

A thorough medical malpractice investigation is the key to discovering the answers to these questions. At Smiley & Smiley, LLP, in New York City, we have more than 80 years of combined experience advocating for families with birth injury claims. We draw on our years of experience and network of medical malpractice experts to pinpoint liability and the extent of damages our clients have endured. Contact our birth injury law firm to learn how we can help you obtain a full financial recovery during a free initial consultation.

Did your baby suffer cerebral palsy because of lack of oxygen to the brain during labor and delivery? Could your baby’s birth injury have been prevented from proper medical care? Proving fault in birth injury claims can be highly complicated. When the stakes are high, entrust our legal team to get the answers you deserve.

Since 1968, we have proven fault in complex medical malpractice claims, even when fault was initially unclear. Our New York birth injuries lawyers consult industry-leading experts to determine if standard medical procedures were overlooked, putting your child at great risk. We also work with medical experts to understand the current and long-term expenses stemming from the birth injury, such as:

• Surgical expenses
• Hospital care
• Physical therapy and other rehabilitative care
• Pain and suffering

When adapting to a birth injury, the last thing you should have to worry about is how you will cover the treatments your baby needs. That is our job. We will take every measure possible to hold any at-fault parties responsible in an effort to help you obtain a full financial recovery for any current and long-term expenses associated with the birth injury.