Should You Speak With A Lawyer About Your Baby’s Birth Injury?

There are few experiences in life more challenging than watching your child suffer. This burden may be even heavier if you know or suspect your child’s suffering could have been prevented had someone only taken better care of them. Suppose your child suffered an injury during the birthing process, and a healthcare provider’s actions or inactions contributed to or caused that harm. In that case, it is crucial that you speak with an experienced attorney.

Understandably, many new parents are hesitant to speak with an attorney about their birthing experience, especially if they are unsure whether they have grounds to file legal action. However, it is important to make this effort for several reasons. Most significant of these reasons is the reality that holding a negligent healthcare provider accountable for any harm they caused could ensure that you can provide your child with all the follow-up care they may require moving forward.

Determining Whether You Have A Case To Make

One of the primary reasons it is essential to speak with a lawyer if your child has been injured during the birth process is that, if you do not, you may be left with lingering thoughts of “what if?” What if I did not have to shoulder all these medical costs? What if I could have gotten my child better care if I had won damages in a personal injury lawsuit? What if I had held that negligent healthcare practitioner accountable? What if my efforts could have prevented others from experiencing the same hardship?

After watching your child suffer and doing all you can to ease that suffering, you deserve peace of mind. By exploring your legal options with the assistance of an experienced attorney, you will be better able to make informed decisions about whether filing a case against the care provider responsible is in your family’s best interests.

We are not here to “sell” you; we are here to provide competent, sound legal advice on your claim. We offer you the opportunity to learn about the potential strengths, weaknesses, and value of your case. If, after analyzing your case, we determine there are grounds to file a birth injury suit, we will aggressively advocate for your interests.

Pursuing Maximum Compensation

Although Ohio law gives parents more time to pursue a medical malpractice claim on behalf of a minor than adult victims of professional negligence, it is vital that you contact our firm as soon as possible following your child’s traumatic and injurious birth experience. To maximize any compensation your family is owed, we need to obtain and preserve critical evidence before it is lost or compromised.

Depending on the circumstances, you may not need to immediately make any “big decisions” about your legal situation if you are not yet ready to take action against the practitioner who hurt your child. But, by exploring your options as soon as possible, you increase the chance that any damage award you eventually receive will be fair. Additionally, by connecting with our firm, we can start managing the various aspects of your case so that you do not have to deal with that stress.

Taking Stress Off Your Shoulders

As a new parent, you already have more stress than you need. Adding the challenges of pursuing legal action, negotiating with insurance company representatives, and navigating any financial challenges stemming from your child’s injuries to your plate is a recipe for disaster.

Working with our experienced, compassionate, and knowledgeable legal team will allow you to focus your attention where it is needed most: the well-being of you and your child. Allow us to handle the legal “heavy lifting” so that you do not have to.

If You Have Already Been Offered A Settlement

If you have been offered a settlement by a physician or healthcare facility, chances are that you only have a few days to decide whether to accept or reject this offer. Do not sign the settlement you have been offered until you have spoken with our knowledgeable legal team. By signing a settlement offer, you may be giving up your rights and opportunities in the future. Giving up these rights may be reasonable if you are presented with a fair settlement offer; however, there are no guarantees.

In some cases, healthcare facilities and other providers will offer a settlement with a value of your damages. This form of offer is often motivated by the hope that the parent is exhausted with the case, forgoing legal assistance in favor of being done with it all. This is a grave risk in birth injury cases, as follow-up care can be astronomically expensive. It is critical that you are aware of your options before you accept an offer that could deny your family the compensation to which you are entitled. The Eisen Law Firm’s personal injury attorneys can help you review the terms of any offer to ensure that you receive the best settlement terms possible.

Contact Our Compassionate Ohio Birth Injury Lawyer Team Today For Personalized Guidance

Our dedicated legal team has extensive experience representing the interests of families impacted by injurious birth processes. We understand how to treat these legal situations with the care and focus they deserve. Connect with us at The Eisen Law Firm by calling 216-687-0900 or contacting us online to schedule a risk-free, no-cost case evaluation and to learn more about our approach to representation.