When a medical professional such as a physician, nurse, midwife, medical technician, anesthesiologist, obstetrician, birthing center, or hospital provides unsuitable care resulting in a catastrophic birth injury, the child’s caregivers and relatives are overwhelmed with attending to their child’s special medical needs. Severe birth injuries lead to costs into the hundreds of thousands of dollars such as physical, occupational and speech therapy, nursing care, medications, specialized equipment, medical staff in the home, and other medical items that help families deal with the overwhelming medical needs of their child’s neonatal injury.
For over 47 years, the Birth Injury Lawyersat Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris, L.L.P. have handled medical malpractice cases, helping injured infants and their families cope with catastrophic damages caused by the medical care surrounding the birth process. Our birth injury legal team is strongly committed to helping families gain the reparations they deserve.