Odessa Birth Injury Attorneys

• Brachial plexus injuries
• Brain injuries
• Cerebral palsy (CP)
• Erb’s palsy
• Facial paralysis
• And many others

Birth Injuries Caused by Oxygen Deprivation

Oxygen deprivation is a serious health condition that can result in severe birth injuries in only a matter of minutes if it is not addressed immediately by medical staff. For example, cerebral palsy is a severe birth injury capable of causing a host of permanent symptoms, including learning disabilities and poor motor skills, and it is believed to be primarily caused by brain damage related to oxygen deprivation. Whether oxygen deprivation occurred during pregnancy or labor, the medical negligence of an obstetrician, doctor, nurse, or another medical practitioner could be to blame.

• Infection or sepsis
• Placental misfunction
• Umbilical cord strangulation
• Unsafe Pitocin administration

Medical Negligence That Can Cause a Birth Injury

You and your child deserve nothing less than the best possible medical care that meets expected standards within the industry. When a medical provider fails to meet those standards and your child is hurt as a result, it can constitute a birth injury. Our Odessa birth injury attorneys can put our many years of practice experience to good use to investigate your case to see how your child’s birth injury happened, and how medical negligence caused or contributed to that injury.

In many cases, birth injuries are caused by the following mistakes and more:

• Administering the wrong dose of Pitocin during delivery.
• Delaying a necessary C-section.
• Failing to monitor for signs of fetal distress.
• Miscalculating the size of the baby.
• Miscommunicating with other medical professionals during delivery.
• Misinterpreting the positioning of the baby.
• Misusing vacuum extractors, forceps, or other medical tools.
• Pulling too forcefully when delivering the baby.

Using medical records, insight from other medical professionals, and more, we can get a clearer picture of the negligence that caused your child’s birth injury. Again, while we work on your case and look for ways to prove liability, we want you to rest and stay focused on the well-being of your child.

Birth Injury Claim Compensation

We understand that money can’t undo the harm your child has suffered due to a medical provider’s mistakes. However, monetary compensation gained through a successful birth injury claim or lawsuit could help your family find financial stability now and for years to come. After all, specialized care needed for many children with birth injuries can be prohibitively expensive, but an injury claim can pursue compensation that covers those expenses, even years later.

In your birth injury claim, we might be able to demand compensation that helps pay for:

• Medical costs related to your child’s birth injury.
• Medical costs related to continued medical care to treat the birth injury.
• Expenses related to your child’s special care, therapy, and education (including future costs).
• Pain and suffering that your family has been through due to the birth injury.

How Much Time Do You Have to File a Birth Injury in Texas?

Texas has a two-year statute of limitations on most personal injury cases, including birth injury claims and lawsuits. The statute of limitations begins on the date that the injury occurred, was discovered, or reasonably should have been discovered by the plaintiff. When the statute ends, the right to demand compensation from the liable party usually ends, too, so you should not risk missing this important legal deadline. Reach out to our law firm right away.

Want to Start a Claim? Call Now

Starting a birth injury claim can be intimidating due to all the technicalities and legalities that factor into the process. You don’t have to deal with it alone, though. Let our Odessa birth injury lawyers of James Wood Law lead the way. When representing you and your child, we will take your case to heart, and do everything we can to fight for the justice and compensation that your family deserves.

Call (888) 579-3866 and talk to our legal team about filing a birth injury claim today.