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The birth of your child should be a cause for celebration, not sadness and fear. But when the doctor, nurse, or other healthcare professional caring for the mother and her baby makes a careless and critical error, the helpless infant can be permanently disabled or even fatally injured.
Tragedies like this should never happen, but they do. If your infant suffered a birth injury, you need to know if you can hold the medical professional and hospital responsible and collect rightful compensation. At Munday & Nathan, we have represented parents of birth injury victims since 1990, and we have decades of experience in complex medical malpractice cases. We serve clients in Will, Cook, Waukegan, and Lake counties, and the surrounding communities.
We understand how emotional and personal a birth injury can be for the family, and we do everything possible to help assure your child can live as full and dignified of a life as possible. Contact our Chicago office to schedule a consultation with one of our talented and knowledgeable medical malpractice attorneys.
Chicago-area OB-GYNs, nursing staffs, and hospital birthing centers typically hold themselves to a high standard of care. However, serious mistakes still happen that put infants at risk of severe, long-term disability, including:
Such life-altering injuries can result from careless, preventable errors committed by a doctor or someone else on the medical team, such as:
Proving medical malpractice in a birth injury case is rarely simple. We and the medical experts we work with carefully pore over the evidence to reconstruct what happened and determine liability. Then we use our proven legal strategies to pursue maximum compensation so your family can afford your child’s medical treatment, in-home care, equipment, and other necessities without draining your household resources.
The consequences of medical negligence during pregnancy or labor can touch every aspect of your child’s life, as well as yours. The law recognizes this fact and allows plaintiffs to seek a range of compensatory damages. These often include, but are not limited to:
Parents also suffer when a careless medical professional has harmed their child. You might be eligible for compensation for damages like mental anguish and loss of companionship. Your Munday & Nathan medical malpractice attorney will explain precisely what types and levels of damages your family can expect to recoup from the litigation process.
Along with securing needed financial compensation for your family, a lawsuit against a negligent hospital, physician, or other party that contributed to your child’s disability could prevent similar incidents to other children in the future. A commitment to making the community safer for all of us is a big reason we do what we do.
The statute of limitations is a part of Illinois’ medical malpractice statute that sets a time limit for filing a claim.
The law contains many exceptions. You cannot know for sure if you still have time to pursue compensation for your child until you consult a lawyer who thoroughly understands the statute of limitations. For example, your child’s age and mental capacity could be significant factors.
Even if you think it is too late, talk to us. We will review the details of your case and advise you honestly if the statute of limitations has tolled, or if you still have time.
Though we focus on the Chicago area, we are respected nationwide for taking on the most complex and emotional birth injury cases. Along with relentlessly pursuing the highest possible out-of-court settlement or trial verdict for our clients, our mission is to bring medical malpractice to light and fight to stop it from happening again.
Contact us to schedule a confidential consultation with a Munday & Nathan attorney. We will discuss your case and potential strategies for recovery. We will also give you clear, honest answers to all your questions, so you can proceed with confidence.
