Are you a new parent struggling with the aftermath of a traumatic birth experience? Has your child suffered injuries due to a hospital staff’s negligence, inattention, or deliberate lack of care? If so, then it’s time to contact a birth injury lawyer in Nevada. The legal team with Sweet James can demand justice on your behalf.
Our legal team has gained experience helping injury victims for over 25 years. Thanks to founding attorney James Bergener’s previous work representing insurance carriers, we know what strategies insurers can use to misrepresent your mistreatment and deny you birth injury support. Our team can use The Sweet James Advantage to fight back on your behalf.
You can contact us today to set up a free case consultation with attorneys who care about the well-being of you and your child. Our birth injury lawyers offer Personalized Service Focused on You. You Pay No Fees or Costs Until We Win.
Our Nevada Birth Injury Lawyers Can Hold the Right People Responsible for Your Losses
Every healthcare institution in Nevada has an obligation to maintain an industry standard of care. That standard of care dictates that professionals must act with reasonable competence when caring for patients, including when they’re assisting with labor and birth. Professionals and institutions that fail to uphold that standard of care can face legal consequences as a result.
When you meet with a birth injury attorney in Nevada, you have the opportunity to discuss what instances of negligence caused the institution or professionals liable for your child’s injuries may subsequently entitle you to legal action. We can then investigate that negligence and bring forward the proof needed to hold key parties accountable, including:
- Nurses
- Doctors
- Obstetricians
- OB-GYNs
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Anesthesiologists, as applicable
- Medical equipment manufacturers
- Entire hospitals or medical institutions
So long as our Nevada personal injury lawyers have the evidence to make a case, we can fight for your right to compensation based on the losses that you and your child sustained. That compensation can give you the financial support you need to heal without stress.
How to Ask for Compensation After a Birth Injury
You can file an insurance claim or pursue a birth injury lawsuit in Nevada against the party found responsible for your and your child’s injuries. In doing so, you give yourself the opportunity to financially recover from the losses you sustained due to that party’s negligence.
When asking for compensation, our Nevada birth injury attorneys can help you account for the economic and non-economic losses you can tie to your mistreatment, including:
- Medical expenses related to labor and birth
- Ongoing medical expenses needed to address your child’s injuries
- Future medical expenses needed to improve your child’s quality of life and address their existing injuries
- Your child’s lost quality of life, as well as your own
- Home modifications or assistive devices
- Emotional distress
- Pain and suffering
Recognizing Common Birth Injuries
Birth injuries can result from unaddressed trauma in the wound or from mistreatment during labor. Some of the most common include:
- Brachial plexus injuries: The group of nerves that allow for the mobility of your child’s shoulder, hand, and arm is called the brachial plexus. This nerve cluster may end up damaged if medical professionals inappropriately use vacuum devices or forceps during labor. That damage can permanently impact your child’s mobility.
- Brain damage: Children who have their air cut off by the umbilical cord can suffer brain damage prior to their birth. Likewise, medical professionals who inappropriately use medical equipment during delivery may damage a child’s skull and brain.
- Bone fractures: Labor plagued by negligence can see medical professionals accidentally or intentionally dislocate a child’s shoulder or apply excessive force to a newborn, resulting in bone fractures that require a lot of care to heal. The damage from these fractures can permanently impact a child’s quality of life.
- Oxygen deprivation: Also referred to as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), prolonged oxygen deprivation can permanently impact a child’s ability to process the world around them. Medical professionals need to monitor a child’s distress and act quickly to prevent oxygen deprivation from impacting a child’s long-term quality of life.
- Cerebral palsy: A child who suffers brain damage during labor or birth may develop Cerebral palsy, a condition that impacts their balance and posture. This condition can have a long-term impact on a child’s quality of life and make it difficult for them to meet their own needs as they grow.
Why Should You Work With Sweet James?
If you want to hold a Nevada hospital or medical professional accountable for your child’s birth injuries, you need to prove that their standard of care during labor fell below the standard expected within their field. It gets easier to make your case when you have a birth injury lawyer in Nevada on your side.
While you care for your child, our birth injury malpractice group in Nevada can build a case against the parties who were supposed to look out for you during labor. We can review the medical records detailing your treatment at key medical institutions and identify which liable parties need to assume responsibility for your and your child’s financial losses.
We can then file a claim for damages, either with insurers or Nevada’s civil courts. You can trust us to interface with hospitals, medical professionals, and legal parties on your behalf, all the while protecting your right to demand the comprehensive compensation you need. Whether you want to negotiate for support or go to trial, we can represent your best interests.
Get Justice for Your Family’s Losses With Sweet James
Don’t let your child’s birth injury go unaddressed. If you think institutional negligence contributed to your child’s recent harm, you can work with a birth injury attorney in Nevada to demand justice for your family’s losses. The legal team with Sweet James can support you as you fight for financial aid in conversations with insurers or in front of a judge.
We are your allies, first and foremost. You benefit from the Sweet James Advantage when our team takes your case. We can step in and oversee an investigation into your mistreatment, as well as any steps needed to take to move your case forward. This frees you up to focus on healing and providing your child with the care they need to live a happy and healthy life.
Book a free birth injury case consultation with Sweet James today to learn more about the personalized legal services that can help you and your family get justice for medical malpractice.
