Oklahoma Birth Injury Lawyer

Working With an Oklahoma Birth Injury Lawyer

Birth injuries are traumatic, and they can leave families reeling from emotional pain and unexpected medical bills.

However, an Oklahoma birth injury lawyer may be able to help you obtain financial compensation for treatment costs like adaptive equipment, surgeries, medications, and more.

In addition to giving you legal advice, an Oklahoma birth injury attorney will collect evidence, file a lawsuit on your behalf, negotiate a fair settlement, and represent you in court (if necessary). Your attorney will have the skills, resources, and experience to make the legal process as stress-free as possible.

Our partner birth injury law firm can work with Oklahoma families in:

• Bartlesville
• Broken Arrow
• Edmond
• Enid
• Lawton
• Midwest City
• Moore
• Muskogee
• Norman
• Oklahoma City
• Owasso
• Stillwater
• Tulsa
• Other Oklahoma cities

If you believe your child suffered a preventable injury because of a medical professional’s mistake, speak with one of our nurses to learn about the steps you can take.

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Birth Injuries and Medical Negligence

Doctors, nurses, and other health care providers working in the delivery room have been through years of training to prevent errors during the birthing process. When they do make a mistake, it can lead to serious injury to the child and expensive treatment costs for their family.

Health care professionals may be at fault for medical negligence if they:

• Don’t detect or treat signs of oxygen deprivation (hypoxia)
• Fail to perform a C-section (cesarean section) in a timely manner
• Fail to recognize or treat signs of fetal distress
• Improperly use forceps, vacuum extractors, or other assistive delivery tools
• Use excessive force on a child’s head, neck, arm, or shoulders

If medical negligence caused your child’s injury, you may be able to work with an Oklahoma medical malpractice attorney to file a lawsuit. Take the first step toward justice with a free case review.

Types of Cases Oklahoma Injury Attorneys Handle

When a medical professional makes a mistake that harms your child, you can help hold them accountable by filing a lawsuit. Medical malpractice can take many forms, and there are many different types of birth injuries. However, an experienced Oklahoma birth injury lawyer can recognize and handle each of them.

Oklahoma birth injury lawyers can handle many types of cases, including:

• Vacuum extraction complications
• Brain damage
• Forceps delivery complications
• Intraventricular hemorrhage
• Periventricular leukomalacia
• Kernicterus
• Meconium aspiration syndrome
• Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
• Hydrocephalus
• Meningitis
• Shoulder dystocia
• Intrauterine fetal demise
• Caput succedaneum
• Klumpke’s palsy
• Cerebral palsy
• Newborn cephalohematoma
• Erb’s palsy and other brachial plexus injuries
• Cervical dystonia
• Maternal infections
• C-section injuries
• Infant torticollis (twisted neck)
• Other common birth injuries

If you suspect that medical malpractice played a role in your child’s birth injury, you may be entitled to compensation. Call us today at (800) 914-1562 to find out how an Oklahoma birth injury lawyer can help your family.

Notable Oklahoma Birth Injury Settlements

Birth injury cases can end in a settlement or a trial, but most end in a settlement. In this case, the two sides agree on a lump sum of money that the defendants (the health care professional or hospital responsible for the injury) will pay the plaintiffs (the injured child’s family).

If no settlement is reached, the case will go to trial, where an Oklahoma birth injury lawyer will represent the family in front of a judge and jury. If the defendants are found guilty, they will be ordered to pay the family financial compensation.

The amount of compensation awarded depends on factors like the nature and severity of the injury, the state in which it occurred, and the lifetime medical treatment costs.

Three notable Oklahoma birth injury settlements include:

• $7.5 million

  for a child with a brain injury

• $600,000

  for a child with cerebral palsy

• $75,000

  for a child with Erb’s palsy

The value of a birth injury lawsuit varies by case, but a birth injury lawyer can give you an idea of how much yours might be worth.

Request a free consultation now to see if an Oklahoma birth injury attorney can help you file a lawsuit and pursue compensation.

When to File a Birth Injury Lawsuit in Oklahoma

The health conditions that come from birth injuries can last a lifetime, but your opportunity to file a lawsuit may only last a few years. Each state has its own statute of limitations that sets a deadline for legal action. If you miss the deadline, you may never be able to recover compensation for your child.

Make sure you speak with an Oklahoma birth injury lawyer as soon as you suspect that your child was injured due to a medical error so you can take action before the statute of limitations expires.

• 7 Years

  OK Statute of Limitations for Birth Injuries

• 2 Years

  OK Statute of Limitations for Infant Wrongful Death

Don’t wait to connect with an Oklahoma birth injury lawyer. Even if your child hasn’t been formally diagnosed, your attorney can help you determine if you are eligible for compensation and ensure that you file a lawsuit in time.

Connect With an Oklahoma Birth Injury Lawyer

Doctors, nurses, and other health care providers are held to a high standard of medical care. When they fail to meet that standard, they should be responsible for the repercussions.

Birth injuries can lead to cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, and other serious health conditions that require expensive treatments over the course of a child’s lifetime.

Your family shouldn’t have to face the unexpected financial burden created by a medical professional’s mistakes. With the help of an Oklahoma birth injury lawyer, you can hold them accountable and fight for compensation on behalf of your child.

Get a free case review today to see if you can work with an Oklahoma birth injury attorney.