Medical Malpractice and Birth Injuries
Chicago Birth Injury Lawyer
Pregnancy and childbirth are dangerous times for mothers and their unborn babies. Medical providers are extensively prepared to handle the emergencies that can occur at this time. But even non-urgent conditions require careful monitoring. If you believe that improper medical care resulted in serious injury to your child, contact a Chicago birth injury lawyer who understands these cases. Call my office.
I have represented many families whose children have suffered irreversible birth injuries or brain damage as the result of failure to diagnose developing problems during pregnancy. Often these were not emergency situations, but were simply medical negligence.
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Failure to diagnose intrauterine growth retardation (when the child stops growing, indicating a problem)
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Failure to diagnose a breach birth or footing presentation, which may require a c-section or could result in anoxic brain injury or HIE
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Failure to diagnose gestational diabetes, leading to large sized babies and delivery problems that can result in shoulder dystocia and erb's palsy
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Failure to diagnose Rh factor differences between a mother and child
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Failure to diagnose high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia
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Failure to diagnose high risk delivery and transfer to appropriate facility
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Failure to diagnose a post-date pregnancy and induce labor
I have also handled cases in which the medical staff failed to provide appropriate medical treatment, resulting in cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and in some cases, death of the infant.
As a mother myself, I feel great dedication to my smallest clients and their families. We cannot undo the injury your child suffered, which may limit their future achievements. But financial recovery can be a great help to families trying to find the best resources and therapy to help a child reach his or her full potential.
The mother of a child with cerebral palsy once told me that the money her family received made all the difference in the world. With it, the parents were able to buy an electric wheelchair, a van, an adapted computer, and pay for additional therapies to help their child.
If you are looking for a dedicated and experienced Chicago birth injuries attorney, contact my office. I have secured financial settlements in 95% of the medical malpractice cases I’ve handled since opening my solo law practice in 1997.
Settlement: $12 million
My client is a child who suffered severe mental retardation and cerebral palsy when medical staff failed to take appropriate action. His mother was overdue to deliver. Doctors did not follow standard medical procedures for managing a post-date pregnancy.
Settlement: $2 million
Our client was a child born with severe cerebral palsy. The obstetrician failed to diagnose intrauterine growth retardation when the mother was thirty-six weeks pregnant. If an ultrasound had been performed at thirty-six weeks, when it was apparent that the fundal height had not grown in three weeks, the growth retardation would have been diagnosed and the child would have been delivered without neurological impairment. The obstetrician's attorney argued that earlier delivery would not have made any difference. The case settled the day of trial for the defendant's insurance policy limits.
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Chicago birth injury lawyer Marion Morawicz provides legal services to injured people throughout the Chicagoland area, including Cook, Lake, DeKalb, McHenry, Kane, Winnebago, Kendall and Will Counties, and cities of Chicago, Rockford, Waukegan, Palatine, Crystal Lake, Oak Brook, Bedford Park, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Naperville, Aurora, Wheaton, Schaumburg, Elgin, Batavia, Barrington Hills, Lake Forest, Winnetka, Evanston, Arlington Heights, and Lincolnwood.
