Blog: Birth Injury
- If My Newborn is Dropped in the Hospital, What are my Rights in NJ?
Nov 17, 2023
A birthing scene is buzzing with doctors, nurses, and family members rushing around the delivering patient. With such commotion, it is not unusual for accidents to occur, though it is less common for a doctor or nurse to drop a newborn unintentionally. Whether a doctor in a hospital or a medical professional at a birthing center is the person helping the baby out of the birth canal, mistakes happen. The baby is encased in slippery...Read More - Hearing Loss and Birth Injuries: The Connection
Sep 8, 2023
Fundamentals of Hearing Loss in Infants According to the World Health Organization (WHO), normal hearing range begins at 20 decibels for both ears. Anyone with hearing below that threshold has mild, moderate, severe, or profound hearing loss and is hard of hearing, depending on how far below the 20 decibels. The non-working part may be in one or both ears and causes an inability to hear normal talking or loud noises. Damage may be to...Read More - Understanding What Happens in a Baby’s First Hours
Aug 18, 2023
A Look at What to Anticipate and What Can Go Wrong During the First 24 Hours with a Newborn After laboring and finally delivering your child, you would be surprised how much there is yet to do. The hospital staff or midwife wants to ensure that your baby is breathing well and thriving, so they will assess your baby’s overall health. What happens in the first few minutes of a baby’s life depends on the...Read More - Rh Incompatibility and Associated Injuries during Pregnancy and Following Birth
Jun 30, 2023
Rh incompatibility refers to a serious situation in which a pregnant woman and her fetus have different Rhesus (Rh) factors. An Rh factor indicates whether you have a specific protein on the surface of your red blood cells. When you have the protein, you are Rh-positive. Without the protein, you are Rh-negative. Whether you have the protein or not is not a question of health, but of heredity. Rh factor incompatibility occurs when a fetus...Read More - Herpes Encephalitis Birth Injuries & Malpractice Lawsuits for Infants and Children
Mar 10, 2023
Encephalitis or brain swelling is a virus or viral infection that can make someone extremely sick or die, especially for pregnant women and their babies, if left untreated. The arboviruses that typically cause encephalitis come from animals, like rodents and birds or insects. The virus is transmitted from animals to humans via blood carried by mosquitoes and ticks, but cows, sheep, and goats can pass it to humans who drink unpasteurized milk. Viral infections from...Read More - Financial Support for Birth Injury Victims
Dec 16, 2022
Financial Assistance and Benefits if a Child has been Injured at Birth Childbirth injuries can be emotionally and financially catastrophic. A child injured at birth may have cerebral palsy, facial paralysis, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), seizures, or brachial plexus injuries that cause lifelong pain and struggle. Disorders resulting from birth injuries can make movement, balance, and posture difficult for growing children. They can affect a child’s hearing, vision, or nourishment and leave a child with...Read More - What is Vasa Previa?
Dec 2, 2022
New Jersey Vasa Previa Attorneys Of all the birth complications that can occur during delivery, vasa previa is a consequential condition with the potential to cause severe birth injuries and death of a baby. The condition can lead to extreme harm to a newborn, namely brain damage and stillbirth, among other severe complications and permanent conditions. As such, it is essential that doctors and healthcare providers proactively monitor mothers throughout pregnancy, diagnose vasa previa in...Read More - Hypotonia in Infants: Signs, Causes and Medical Negligence
Sep 9, 2022
Perhaps you worried when your baby was having trouble feeding and hung limply in your arms. A physical examination may have revealed weak muscle tone throughout the baby’s body. The doctor explained that further testing was necessary for a diagnosis of suspected hypotonia. So what is hypotonia in infants? What are the signs and symptoms? What causes it? Are there treatments and therapies available? Can babies recover from hypotonia? What if medical negligence at, or...Read More - The Meaning and Implications if a Baby Doesn’t Cry at Birth
Jul 29, 2022
Do All Babies Cry at Birth? The first sign of life—and survival–is the sound of a newborn’s cry after birth. At least, that is what most believe is the anatomy of new life. And yet, not all newborns cry. A mother who does not hear her baby cry may worry that something is wrong, that the baby is not breathing or reacting appropriately to living outside of the womb. However, humans are complex beings, and...Read More