Pennsylvania Birth Injury Attorneys

A birth injury diagnosis is difficult on your whole family. When something goes wrong at birth, your family must cope with the lasting consequences of a birth injury.

Birth injuries can involve:

• oxygen deprivation
• hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
• Trauma during labor and delivery
• a long NICU stay
• Infant seizures
• infections

They can lead to lifelong disabilities, such as cerebral palsy (CP) and developmental delays. Children with birth injuries may miss milestones.

It can be scary if the medical staff you trust with your care make mistakes that lead to birth injuries. No one deserves pain from malpractice or negligence. If you believe that your baby experienced a birth injury in Pennsylvania, call us. A lawsuit can cover your child’s care for their lifetime.

The attorneys and staff at ABC Law Centers: Birth Injury Lawyers are here for you. Tell us your story.

Let us help with medical records, treatment provider recommendations, and figuring out what happened at the hospital. There is no fee unless we win your case. We are here to listen and secure the best future for your child.

Pennsylvania is home to highly-ranked obstetrics and neonatal care programs. However, even at top hospitals, medical errors may happen. Pennsylvania has dozens of NICUs (neonatal intensive care units) located within the state. Nearly all babies with birth injuries go to the NICU for medical care.

Many birth injuries are preventable. Attorneys can hold the hospital accountable for failing to prevent these injuries. If you are unsure if malpractice or negligence occurred, an attorney can help determine what happened to your child.

If there is any uncertainty about what happened during or after your child’s birth, give us a call. Our attorneys and in-house medical professionals can help you. We will uncover the full story, evaluate your medical records, and explain your legal options.

At ABC Law Centers: Birth Injury Lawyers, birth injury is all we do. Our team focuses only on birth injury cases. We work closely with a network of trustworthy birth injury attorneys nationwide and partner with local co-counsel for cases.

Many personal injury law firms advertise that they take birth injury cases. However, those firms may not have much experience with birth injury. These cases are a complex type of medical malpractice. You want to choose a firm experienced with birth injury cases, not car accident cases or dog bites.

Our team has worked with countless families like yours across the country. The attorneys at ABC Law Centers: Birth Injury Lawyers are well-known in the field of birth injury. Our team has earned many awards, honors, and many successful verdicts and settlements.

Most importantly, our team cares about your family. We want to make sure your child has the care they need and the life they deserve. Let us stand by your side on this journey.

Our attorneys have handled many types of birth injury cases across the country. Every child’s situation will be different, and birth trauma can lead to several diagnoses at once. Our cases often involve these conditions:

• Cerebral palsy
• Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
• Birth trauma
• A high-risk pregnancy
• A delayed emergency c-section
• Umbilical cord problems
• Infant seizures
• Newborn Infections
• And other birth injuries

The NICU, or Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, provides supportive services, premature birth care, and breathing assistance. Most providers will use therapeutic hypothermia, also called neonatal cooling, to treat a child diagnosed with HIE. Cooling helps the baby’s brain recover from the injury and minimizes the damage. However, medical staff must treat the baby right after birth.

Not all NICUs can provide this kind of care for HIE. Your child may need to go to another facility for the appropriate treatment. Level III or Level IV NICUs provide the specialized care that a baby with a birth injury typically needs.

Here is a short list of several hospitals in Pennsylvania with Level III or IV NICU designations:

• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP Newborn Care)
• Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
• St. Luke’s Hospital-Bethlehem Campus
• Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
• Chester County Hospital
• PinnacleHealth (Harrisburg).
• Einstein Medical Center (both Philadelphia and Montgomery locations)

Community support benefits both your child and your whole family. These organizations host programs for education, recreation, and advocacy. They also provide an understanding community for parents.

• UCP Central PA
• United Cerebral Palsy of NEPA
• About United Disabilities Service Foundation (UDSF)
• Who We Are – PA Promise for Children
• Parent to Parent of PA
• PA Families Inc – About
• PaTTAN – Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network – Significant Cognitive Disabilities
• Disability Rights Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Disability Resources, Programs & Services

The government provides several support systems for families and children with disabilities. Rather than private groups, various state agencies offer these programs.

• Services for Persons with Disabilities – This list of help from the government includes home care, voting, employment, and more.
• Welcome to the HCSIS Services and Supports Directory – This directory sorts services by county.
• Special Kids Network – A state-sponsored helpline tool for parents to find resources and support systems.
• Get support for a child with special health care needs | Services | City of Philadelphia – The Department of Health lists resources in the city of Philadelphia.

At ABC Law Centers: Birth Injury Lawyers, birth injury is all we do. In 1997, Jesse Reiter created the firm to fight for families and babies with birth injuries. Our attorneys exclusively handle these cases.

Call us anytime for a free consultation. We charge no fees unless we win your case.