Birth Injury

Chicago Birth Injury Lawyer

Typically, the birth of a child is among the most wonderful events a family can experience. We spend 9 months nervously anticipating the arrival of our new baby boy or girl. But the joy of the occasion can turn quickly into despair if the baby suffers serious injuries because of medical malpractice. An experienced attorney can take your side and get you compensation that will make the obstetricians, doctors, or other responsible parties think twice about ever committing malpractice again.

The Chicago birth injury lawyers of Lane & Lane, LLC have more than 90 combined years of experience helping people through complex personal injury litigation. Contact us and we can meet with you and your family free of charge to discuss your case. If you have a case, our attorneys will do all work on contingency, charging no attorneys' fees unless and until a recovery is made.

Types of Birth Injuries

Our Chicago birth injury lawyers have dealt with thousands of personal injury cases, many of them involving very complex medical problems. We can help with a wide range of birth injury litigation, including:

Cerebral palsy: When a child's oxygen supply is interrupted, he or she can end up with brain damage. Cerebral palsy is a non-progressive neurological condition which is present at birth. Obstetricians have a responsibility to notice signs of distress in a prenatal infant and fix the problems before the processes of labor and delivery cause brain injury. Cerebral palsy can often result from mismanagement of pregnancy, a delayed or botched c-section, in which the surgeon did not prepare for possible emergencies and other events associated with pregnancy.

Erb's palsy: An injury during childbirth that damages the brachial plexus, the nerves running from the cervical spine (neck) through the shoulder and supplying the arms, can result in Erb's palsy. Erb's palsy often is caused by mishandling an infant with shoulder dystocia, in which the infant has difficulty making its way down the birth canal. Sometimes the baby is turned or the his/her shoulder is lodged in the mother's pelvis. It can also result from failing to treat a mother with maternal diabetes, using unnecessary force in the delivery, and any number of other failures on the part of a medical worker. A catastrophic injury of this type can cause lifelong disabilities.

Misdiagnosis: There are a large number of conditions during pregnancy that medical professionals should discover and treat before childbirth. If the baby is especially large, for example, a c-section should be planned. If obstetricians and doctors do not prepare for foreseeable complications, they are responsible for the results.

Medication errors: Prescribing unnecessary medications can have devastating effects on both mothers and their children.

To learn about the legal ramifications of birth injuries, please visit our birth injury information center.

Contact Us

Regardless of what happened to you and your child, the attorneys and staff of Lane & Lane, LLC will listen with compassion and try to help in any way we can. Set up a free initial consultation by contacting our Chicago birth injury lawyers.

If you or a loved one has experienced a serious personal injury or even death as a result of the fault of another, we can help you obtain the compensation you deserve. Lane & Lane, LLC's Chicago personal injury lawyers have experience in personal injury cases involving a wide range of areas, including auto accidents, medical malpractice, product liability, premises liability, and much more.