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Has your child been diagnosed with cerebral palsy after a birth injury in Atlanta, Georgia? Contact Georgia Baby Safety at (404)-721-1050 to learn how an experienced Atlanta cerebral palsy lawyer can fight to recover the money your family needs and deserves. We offer a free consultation, so there’s never any risk.
Our attorneys have over 50 years of combined experience. We’re here to provide the legal guidance, support, and fierce advocacy you deserve. To learn how our attorneys can help you maximize the financial value of your claim, call our law offices in Atlanta to schedule a free initial consultation today.
Like doctors, lawyers tend to specialize in handling certain types of cases. If your child was harmed at birth in Atlanta, GA, it’s essential to hire an attorney with expertise in handling birth injury claims.
Cerebral palsy is one common birth-related injury. It can result from mistakes. Our Atlanta birth injury lawyers at Georgia Baby Safety have the experience to help you hold the negligent doctors accountable. Since we opened our law firm, we’ve recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of victims of medical errors.
We’ve been recognized for our track record of success by:
Doctors and hospitals have teams of defense attorneys and insurance adjusters to protect them. You deserve to even the playing field. If your family is facing an uncertain future because of a doctor’s error, call our Atlanta cerebral palsy attorneys for a free case review today.
Cerebral palsy is a condition that impacts movement and posture. It’s often caused by damage to a baby’s brain during labor or delivery. Oxygen deprivation occurring due to birth injuries is a common cause of cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy can also result from infection, brain bleeds, or congenital malformations.
Five primary types of cerebral palsy exist: spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, hypotonic, and mixed-type cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is generally classified based on its severity and the part of the body that is impacted.
The common ground is that cerebral palsy impacts movement. Individuals with cerebral palsy often experience stiff muscles, awkward and difficult-to-control movements and problems with balance and coordination.
Unfortunately, cerebral palsy often results from medical negligence.
Medical errors that can cause cerebral palsy include:
If your child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and you suspect medical negligence was the cause, contact our Atlanta cerebral palsy attorneys today. We have expertise in handling these types of cases.
Multiple parties may share legal responsibility in a cerebral palsy birth injury lawsuit.
Examples of potentially liable parties include:
Our birth injury lawyers will carefully review the facts. Once we understand why you are in this position, we’ll be able to identify the parties who can be held legally accountable for your damages.
Cerebral palsy can be particularly difficult to diagnose in infants. Many cases are not diagnosed until the child is a toddler.
Some possible signs of cerebral palsy include:
Recognizing the potential symptoms of cerebral palsy is critical to getting your child the care they need and deserve. If you suspect that your child’s cerebral palsy was caused by medical negligence at childbirth, call our birth injury attorneys in Atlanta today.
As you are likely aware, there is no cure for cerebral palsy. Many individuals with cerebral palsy require lifelong treatment to manage the condition.
Cerebral palsy symptoms can range from relatively mild to severe and life-changing. The value of your case will ultimately depend on the severity of the condition.
Factors that our attorneys will analyze as we’re assessing the value of your medical malpractice case include:
Cerebral palsy often results in lifelong challenges. Your settlement or verdict must account for both your current and anticipated future losses. Expert witness testimony can be critical to establishing your case value. That’s because much of your compensation award will likely represent future costs.
Damages in birth injury cases depend on the specific harm the victim has experienced.
Your damages award should cover all financial costs associated with the diagnosis. That includes current and projected future costs.
Examples of these economic damages include:
Your compensation award should also account for your intangible, personal losses.
Examples of these non-economic damages include:
As the victim, it’s up to you to identify and prove the losses your family is coping with. Our lawyers have handled cases similar to yours before. We’ll be prepared to document and establish the full range of losses you’ve experienced due to the medical error.
Like most injury-based law firms, Georgia Baby Safety works on contingency. With a contingency fee arrangement, you don’t have to pay anything initially. You instead pay attorneys’ fees once your case is finalized. The amount you pay depends entirely on how much money we recover in your case.
You’ll likely have to prove that a medical provider committed malpractice to recover damages based on a cerebral palsy diagnosis.
Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare provider deviates from the medical standard of care. The “standard of care” is the care that a reasonable, trained medical professional would provide.
Medical malpractice can occur when a medical provider:
Under Georgia law, expert testimony is needed to establish the standard of care in your case. When you hire Georgia Baby Safety, we’ll bring in experts to testify about how the care you received fell below the standard of care.
The statute of limitations in most medical malpractice cases is two years. Victims typically have two years from the date the harm occurred to file a lawsuit.
Cerebral palsy may not be diagnosed immediately. A discovery rule also applies. The two-year clock doesn’t start running until you knew, or reasonably should have known, about the CP diagnosis.
You may not be entirely sure why your child’s cerebral palsy occurred. It’s always a good idea to consult an experienced attorney. Your attorney can take steps to make sure you don’t miss an important deadline in your case. Once the applicable deadline passes, you’ll forever lose your right to seek compensation.
Your family never expected to be dealing with a birth injury. After a cerebral palsy diagnosis, count on Georgia Baby Safety to help you fight to hold a negligent doctor or healthcare provider responsible. Contact an experienced Atlanta cerebral palsy attorney today to learn about your legal rights and options.