Personal Injury Attorneys

In many cases when it comes to birth injuries, the parents of the child who sustained the birth injury want to sue the medical provider for causing the child’s injuries. This may happen because they did not use the proper tools during the labor and delivery process, did not perform a c-section when they should have, or if they injured the child by forcing them out of the birth canal. However, when it comes to wrongful life lawsuits regarding birth injuries, it typically means that the child was born in a severe condition that the doctor failed to diagnose and the parents must now take care of the child and their expensive medical bills. If you are a parent whose child was born with severe medical conditions that you were unaware of and believe that your doctor provided you with negligent genetic counseling, you should speak with our trusted birth injury attorney. We have helped many clients who must face a lifetime of medical bills get the compensation they and their child deserves.

The Doctor’s Duty

The doctor has a duty and a responsibility to give you as much information as possible, especially when it comes to giving birth to new life. Not only should they feel morally obligated to discuss any known complications or risks involved in your pregnancy, but they have a legal obligation as well. If they do not do this, your doctor is now at risk for a medical malpractice suit. 

Examples of Wrongful Birth Lawsuits

There are a few examples we can go over to expose what wrongful birth lawsuits are.

• Both Parents With Genetic Diseases
• Other Risk Factors

Both Parents. For example, if both parents have a genetic disorder that has a high risk of being passed down to their child, they may wish to not conceive or not go through with the pregnancy. If the doctor fails to diagnose both parents with this genetic disorder and the baby is full-term and has signs of this disease, they could successfully file a wrongful birth lawsuit. 

Other Risk Factors. On the other hand, parents may be dealing with the fact that they simply did not have all of the information necessary when they were deciding if the wanted to go through with their pregnancy. If the mother was exposed to disease early in pregnancy that affected the fetus and caused birth defects, it was the doctor’s responsibility to go over the possible risks. With all the information, the woman may have chosen not to go through with the pregnancy to term.

If you believe you have a wrongful birth lawsuit on your hands and would like to speak with a birth injury attorney now.