Florida Birth Injury Attorneys

Advances in medical science have helped lower America's material and infant death rates significantly over the last century. Unfortunately, through mistakes, missed diagnoses or unnecessary medical intervention, the medical profession sometimes harms babies and their mothers. The results can be devastating, burdening an otherwise healthy baby with physical disabilities or even brain damage that will cast a shadow over the rest of his or her life. When a baby and mother are hurt before, during or immediately after birth, the injuries that result are called birth injuries. And when birth injuries occur because of a mistake by a medical professional, they are a form of medical malpractice. As with any form of medical malpractice, victims have the right to hold the negligent doctors responsible in a court of law.

Birth injuries frequently result from a failure to intervene in a birth in a timely manner, or in the right way. Failure to diagnose a potential birth complication, or failure to treat it seriously enough, can waste precious time during the birth, leading to brain damage from oxygen deprivation. Unnecessary use or overuse of forceps can lead to broken bones or nerve damage to a newborn baby -- including permanent, lifelong loss of the use of one arm. These are injuries that the child will never "grow out of," and that could seriously diminish his or her prospects in life. Furthermore, treating birth injuries is often expensive, requiring surgeries, physical therapy or even long-term inpatient care. The emotional and financial strain of a disability can be catastrophic for both parents and child.

The day of a birth should be happy, but for families who are victims of birth injuries, joy is overshadowed by worries about raising an unexpected special-needs child -- and how to pay for it. The Alvarez Law Firm can help. We have won millions for victims of medical malpractice and their families, including a $1.75 million settlement for a Florida family with a birth-injured child. That's money that can be used to ensure that victims are always able to pay for medical care, and provide for injured children throughout their lives. If your family has suffered a birth injury because of careless or bad medical decisions, Florida law gives you the right to hold the doctors and hospitals involved responsible. Call the Alvarez Law Firm for a free evaluation of your case with an experienced Miami birth injury attorney.

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