Childbirth Medical Malpractice can cause serious injury to a newborn child. These injuries include brain damage, resulting in Cerebral Palsy.
Cerebral Palsy is typically caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain before during or after birth.
It can affect movement, balance and posture. The most serious is damage to the brain affecting cognition, or the ability to "think". A diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy requires a lifetime of treatment. Cerebral Palsy is associated with: prematurity, bleeding in the brain, brain infections, head injury, and infections in the mother during pregnancy resulting from negligent medical care, or a mistake made by your doctor or nurse during the childbirth.
Medical management of Cerebral Palsy is lifelong.
It includes physical therapy, educational therapy, medications, surgery and individual counseling. Special living arrangements and home modifications can be necessary in many situations. Life care plans are essential, Cerebral Palsy care is time consuming and expensive.
To bring a Cerebral Palsy claim is also expensive. The experts necessary to prove your and establish your damages case are numerous.
Florida Law limits the amount of time to bring a childbirth case. If you suspect or have been told your child has CP you should contact a Florida Malpractice Law Firm.
