Detroit Michigan Birth Injury Lawyers

Birth Injuries / Medical Malpractice

Medical malpractice injuries are often caused by hospitals cutting back on nursing staff and doctors. As a result, care providers are often stretched to the limit, even while administrative staffs at hospitals are growing. When the doctor is not there to attend to a birthing mother or when a patient’s condition is not monitored because the nurse was taking care of another patient, the results can be severe birth injuries, surgical complications, and even wrongful death.

The medical malpractice lawyers ofLaw Office of Mayer Gordon are very tenacious in helping victims recover maximum compensation for medical injuries caused by:

• Misdiagnosis an illness such as cancer
• Failure to treat an illness on a timely basis
• Failure to order tests
• Failure to consult a specialist
• Failure to monitor or stabilize a patient
• Improper administration of anesthesia (which can cause brain injury by reducing available oxygen, or halting blood flow to the brain entirely)
• Surgical errors

Birth injuries are very sad and may occur when nurses and doctors don't recognize or deal with complications during pregnancy or impending signs of fetal distress. One common type of injury is nerve damage to the infant's shoulder caused by improper delivery. The most serious birth trauma injuries involve damage to the infant's brain caused by delayed cesarean sections or compression of the umbilical cord during delivery. The deprivation of oxygen to the infant's brain (hypoxia) can cause traumatic cerebral palsy. The tragic result is a permanent brain injury, with the child needing a lifetime of care and monitoring costing millions of dollars.

Medical malpractice and traumatic birth injuries are difficult to prove and require qualified experts to testify that the care given failed to meet the appropriate standards, and that this failure caused your injuries. In Michigan, medical malpractice awards are capped at $360,000 and $560,000 (depending on the type of injury) for noneconomic damages. These damages include such things as pain and suffering, loss of social enjoyment, and loss of society and companionship in the case of a wrongful death. Economic damages, such as lost wages, medical expenses, and attendant care are not capped in Michigan and are fully recoverable.

If you are a victim of Detroit Michigan medical malpractice or birth injury , call the medical malpractice lawyers of Law Office of Mayer Gordon today at our toll-free number: 888-658-8600. The call is free and so is our initial consultation. In fact, you pay us nothing unless we make a recovery for you.

The sooner you call us, the sooner our medical malpractice investigators and attorneys can go to work on your behalf. Remember, time is on the side of the medical malpractice insurance companies. The longer you wait, the weaker your medical malpractice or birth injury case becomes. Witnesses forget or move, medical records are removed and medical malpractice claim filing deadlines run out. You need to act now.

For more information about injuries, see our Birth Injuries / Medical Malpractice Practice Center.

Detroit Michigan birth injury lawyers helping victims in Macomb County, Wayne County, Oakland County, Genesee County & Washtenaw County which includes the following cities Detroit, Dearborn, Livonia, Westland, Grosse Pointe, Mt. Clemens, Warren, Pontiac, Royal Oak, Southfield, Flint, Ann Arbor and throughout southeastern Michigan.