Who Is Responsible For Your Child's Erb's Palsy?

When your child is diagnosed with Erb's Palsy, a temporary or permanent paralysis of a child's arm caused by complications in delivery, it can be a confusing situation. You may be angry, and you may want to figure out who is responsible for the injury that may affect the rest of your child's life.

It is important to remember that Erb's Palsy, which occurs when a newborn's shoulder gets stuck on the mother's pelvic bone during delivery, is a natural birth injury. It is hard to predict when it will occur, and can be difficult to avoid.

However, that said, Erb's Palsy can also occur as the direct result of negligence by medical professionals, who may make crucial mistakes during the delivery of a newborn. In these cases, it is easy to determine who is responsible for the injury, and a medical malpractice lawsuit may be justified.

Negligent medical professionals can cause or contribute to Erb's Palsy in several different ways. This can happen when the professional helping with the delivery has to use force, and tools such as forceps or vacuum to pull the newborn through the birth canal.

Erb's Palsy can also occur when a medical professional uses some drugs to aid in delivery that have been shown to increase the chances of the injury, or when a doctor waits too long to perform a C-section. Erb's Palsy can also result when medical professionals are just plain negligent, not paying attention to the needs of the newborn and mother during birth.

When Erb's Palsy, which can affect a child's ability to use their arm for the rest of their life, results from medical malpractice, it can be especially difficult for your family to accept. You and your child have to live with the negative consequences of someone else's negligence, even if you did nothing wrong.

Florida medical malpractice and personal injury laws afford victims of these types of accidents the right to receive fair compensation, which can cover additional medical bills, ongoing therapy, plus pain and emotional suffering. Call us today to learn more.

The Orlando Erb's Palsy lawyers at Chalik & Chalik have years of experience helping South Florida families recover from once-devastating birth injuries, earning them the compensation and piece of mind they deserve. Call one of our sixteen offices today for a free consultation.