Preventable Birth Injuries And Your Legal Options

While some birth injuries may be unpreventable, some birth injuries may be the result of doctor’s medical mistake or a hospital error. The hospital error may be made not only be a doctor, but by a nurse, a technician, or other healthcare provider. If your baby has suffered a birth injury, you may wonder how to proceed. As a new parent, consumed with both the wonder of your new baby and worry about his or her future, it can be difficult to determine whether or not this injury was caused by medical malpractice. However, you owe it to yourself and your baby to find out exactly what happened.

Attorney Michael A Abelson is an advocate for you. Contact The Abelson Law Firm online or toll free at 1-888-797-4242 for a free consultation. As Attorney Michael A. Abelson represents you and your injured child, he will work tirelessly to build a successful claim on your behalf, obtaining medical records, reviewing documents and consulting with experts.

Attorney Michael A. Abelson has more than 35 years experience handling birth injury cases in Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. He has obtained favorable verdicts and settlements in both personal injury and medical malpractice cases, including cases where doctors and other health care providers committed medical malpractice.

The expenses of raising a baby with a birth injury can be overwhelming. You and your baby may be facing years of therapy, rehabilitation and medical treatment. Depending on your situation, you may also be facing a loss of income if one parent needs to take care of the child full-time.

If your child’s injury was the result of medical malpractice, you may be entitled to financial compensation. Doctors and hospitals are almost always covered by medical malpractice insurance, which is intended to provide financial compensation in cases like yours.

Birth injury cases are complicated, and you may feel intimidated by the process. The medical malpractice insurance company will most likely fight your claim using seasoned lawyers skilled in defense tactics.

The Abelson Law Firm has earned numerous professional honors including the highest “AV” rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers. Attorney Michael A. Abelson has received the Lawyer of the Year award from the Trial Lawyers Association of Washington DC. Attorney Abelsno has been included as among “The Cream of the Legal Establishment” by Washingtonian magazine. He is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and he is a sustaining member of the American Association for Justice.

If your child has suffered a birth injury that could have been prevented by reasonable standards of medical care, you need the Abelson Law Firm on your side. Contact us online today or by phone at 202-331-0600 or toll free 1-888-797-4242 for a free consultation.