Cerebral Palsy: The Facts and the Myths
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a muscle control disorder that occurs when part of the brain is damaged. This damage can occur before, during or shortly following birth and often involves an insufficient amount of oxygen reaching the newborn or fetal brain (often referred to as hypoxia or anoxia). It is a permanent condition that requires long-term medical care.
Patients with cerebral palsy have difficulty controlling their movements and may have visual, auditory and speech impairments, as well as learning disabilities. Motor skills are limited, and in some cases, seizures occur.
Yet, whenever there is a birth injury lawsuit involving cerebral palsy, the defense lawyers will almost always assert: "No one knows what causes some babies to be born with cerebral palsy and not others."
In truth, medical negligence may be the cause in 10 percent of cerebral palsy cases.
How does it happen?
A doctor may not recognize problems that can occur during labor or may fail to quickly and appropriately respond once a problem is identified. Maybe they're tired from having worked too many hours. Maybe they've simply decided they are right and all evidence to the contrary gets ignored. The bottom line is this: If the doctor's negligent actions lead to a brain injury that causes cerebral palsy, he or she may be guilty of medical malpractice.
Attorneys at Jeffrey M. Goldberg Law Offices help victims of cerebral palsy and their families receive the much needed compensation they deserve. In fact, our legal team obtained a structured settlement worth nearly $33 million for a client who gave birth to a brain damaged baby as a result of her obstetrician's failure to monitor her labor properly.
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Our firm represents people throughout the United States in cases involving birth injuries. You can make arrangements for a free consultation with us today by calling our firm at 1-800-564-1707 or by contacting us online.
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