When a baby suffers from a birth injury, the child's family may face an uncertain future involving ongoing medical treatment, surgeries and other unexpected costs. If you believe or suspect that your doctors or other health care professionals provided substandard care during the birth of your child, it is important to seek legal counsel.
Ontario Medical Malpractice Lawyers
The law firm of Howie Sacks & Henry LLP in Toronto can provide experienced help in medical malpractice claims, including cases involving birth injuries. We can guide you and your family through a complicated birth injury case by working with appropriate medical experts to analyze what happened to you, and determine who is responsible for your injuries. We can then work diligently to obtain maximum compensation for you and your family. Injuries suffered before, during or after delivery may include:
- Anoxia or hypoxia
- Shoulder dystocia
- Spinal cord injuries
- Brain injuries
- Erb's palsy
- Cerebral palsy
Birth injury cases usually hinge on whether the obstetrician or obstetrical nurse followed the accepted standards of care. We have worked with experts in dozens of birth injury cases to prove that medical care providers performed an action or omission that breached the standard of care.
To schedule a no-charge consultation with a knowledgeable Toronto birth injury lawyer, contact our office by calling 877-695-9440 or 416-361-5990.
