Pennsylvania Birth Injury Lawyers
A serious birth injury can affect a child and family for years. Evaluating whether medical negligence contributed to the injury requires detailed review of prenatal care, labor, delivery, fetal monitoring, neonatal treatment, and medical records.
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How Our Pennsylvania Birth Injury Attorneys Can Help
Birth injury cases are medically complex. The investigation may involve obstetric records, fetal heart tracings, medication administration, timing of delivery, neonatal care, imaging, specialist evaluations, and the child’s long-term developmental needs.
Pisanchyn Law Firm reviews the medical timeline, identifies the providers and facilities involved, works with appropriate experts, and documents both current treatment and future care needs.
- Prenatal, labor, delivery, and neonatal records
- Fetal monitoring, medications, imaging, testing, and timing of interventions
- The child’s diagnosis, development, therapy, and long-term prognosis
- Future medical, educational, equipment, caregiving, and financial needs
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Cerebral Palsy
Some cases require investigation of oxygen deprivation, infection, trauma, delayed delivery, and other events before or during birth.
Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury
Reduced oxygen or blood flow around delivery can cause serious neurological injury requiring detailed timeline review.
Shoulder Dystocia & Nerve Injury
Difficult deliveries may result in brachial plexus injuries, fractures, or other trauma.
Delayed Cesarean Delivery
The timing of intervention can be an important issue when fetal or maternal distress develops.
Maternal & Fetal Infection
Screening, diagnosis, antibiotics, monitoring, and delivery decisions may all become relevant.
Neonatal Care
Treatment after birth, including respiratory support, jaundice management, glucose monitoring, and intensive care, may require review.
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What Information Matters in a Birth Injury Investigation?
The timeline before, during, and immediately after delivery is often central to understanding what happened.
- Preserve prenatal, hospital, labor, delivery, and neonatal records.
- Keep fetal monitoring information, imaging, test results, discharge records, and specialist evaluations.
- Write down what the family remembers about symptoms, communications, timing, and major events.
- Track therapy, developmental evaluations, equipment, medications, and specialist care.
- Keep records of travel, missed work, caregiving, educational services, and out-of-pocket expenses.
- Have the medical history reviewed before assuming a difficult outcome was unavoidable—or automatically caused by negligence.
Birth injury claims generally require qualified medical review. The key questions often involve the applicable standard of care, timing, causation, and the child’s long-term prognosis.
A Birth Injury Claim Must Look Beyond the Hospital Stay
A child with a severe neurological or physical injury may need therapy, medical specialists, educational support, equipment, home modifications, transportation, and assistance for many years.
What Damages May Be Available in a Birth Injury Case?
Available damages depend on negligence, causation, the child’s injuries, prognosis, future care, and the effect on the family.
- Past and future medical expenses
- Therapy and rehabilitation
- Assistive devices and equipment
- Future caregiving and life-care needs
- Educational and developmental support
- Losses associated with permanent disability
- Pain and suffering when legally available
- Other damages permitted under Pennsylvania law
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Pennsylvania Birth Injury FAQs
Is every birth injury medical malpractice?
No. Some complications occur despite appropriate care. A malpractice claim requires evidence that the care fell below the applicable standard and caused injury.
Why are fetal monitoring records important?
They may help qualified experts evaluate fetal condition, warning signs, response to distress, and timing of interventions.
How are future care needs evaluated?
Medical specialists, therapists, vocational professionals, economists, and life-care planners may be used depending on the child’s condition.
Can hospitals and individual providers both be involved?
Depending on the facts, the investigation may involve physicians, nurses, practices, hospitals, and other healthcare providers.
When should a birth injury be reviewed?
Prompt review can help preserve records and clarify deadlines. Birth injury timing rules can be complex and should be evaluated case by case.
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Birth Injury attorneys
If your child is the victim of a health care provider who failed to exercise the required standard of care during his or her birth you don’t need just any Pennsylvania Birth Injury lawyer; you need a strong supportive individual who will fight aggressively and provide a voice for the innocent child that can’t. The experienced Pennsylvania Birth Injury attorneys at The Pisanchyn Law Firm are those individuals. Call 1-800-444-5309 to speak to our attorneys and get a free consultation.
WHAT IS A BIRTH INJURY?
Birth injuries usually occur during the birthing process but can also be caused by negligence during pregnancy. Some babies are born with birth defects that developed during pregnancy and cannot be prevented so just because your baby’s diagnosis is listed as a common birth injury does not mean it was caused by negligence.
Birth injuries are often the result of trauma during the delivery process. They vary from minor injuries that are temporary to long-term or permanent medical conditions that require ongoing care.
WHAT ARE COMMON BIRTH INJURIES?
Birth injuries are not always apparent right after birth; some take years to become obvious. Common birth injuries include:
- Cerebral Palsy
- RH Factor Incompatibility
- Erb’s Palsy
- Shoulder Dystocia
- Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
- Kernicterus
- Placental Abruption
- Group B Strep
- Gestational Diabetes
- Fertility Mistake
These are all potential birth injuries that could have been avoided had the medical professionals delivering your child practiced the required standard of care they are sworn to uphold.
HOW CAN A PENNSYLVANIA BIRTH INJURY ATTORNEY HELP?
Our Pennsylvania Birth Injury Lawyers handle claims involving, but not limited to:
- Delivery room errors
- Lack of oxygen to mother or child and the consequent injuries, such as palsy, brain injury or brain damage
- Medication errors
- Erb’s palsy
- Cerebral palsy
- Forceps injuries, such as bruises or lacerations
- Shoulder dystocia
- Failure to diagnose or treat high-risk pregnancy issues
If any of the above serious problems occurred during or immediately following the delivery of your baby you should consult with our Pennsylvania Birth Injury Lawyers at The Pisanchyn Law Firm as you could receive compensation and bring the medical professionals involved to justice.
Consultation and legal representation for Pennsylvania birth injury cases is free until we win your case, and even then you will never pay out of pocket, we will only be paying you the money you deserve.
We know and understand that money and financial rewards could never give your baby a clean bill of health again, but someone needs to be held accountable for the tragedy they have imposed on you and your family. We want to be here for you during this difficult time.
Call now toll free at 1-800-444-5309 for a free consultation. We have offices in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Scranton and will travel to you.
Our Pennsylvania Personal Injury Attorneys care for you the person while also representing you the client.
When you or a loved one suffers an injury due to someone else’s negligence who you turn to for legal advice and representation matters. The Pisanchyn Law Firm’s Pennsylvania personal injury attorneys will represent you skillfully, compassionately, and most of all, aggressively.
Our lawyers, staff, and paralegals are specially trained to guide you and help you through each step of your injury case. We have the resources, including premiere doctors and other experts around the country, to not only handle your case but also give it and you the personal attention and care both deserve. Call 1-800-444-5309 or fill out this form for a free consultation now!
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Michael Pisanchyn
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Bradley D. Moyer
No one likes a bully. Yet, after a traumatic event in your life, that is exactly what the insurance company can seem like. Every day I fight zealously for my clients to get them the compensation they are entitled to, counsel them during a difficult period in their life, and protect my clients from those same bullies.
Douglas Yazinski
All attorneys can make promises, what separates our firm from the rest is the fact that we never stop working until you are completely satisfied and made whole again after a traumatic injury that was caused by someone else. Once I begin working on your case, the matter becomes personal to me. I always say, ‘I lose sleep so you don’t have to.
Steven Serra
Attorney Serra is an associate at the Pisanchyn Law Firm. He attended The Pennsylvania State University for his undergraduate studies where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences while majoring in Crime, Law, and Justice with a Political Science minor. While at The Pennsylvania State University, Attorney Serra maintained a job where he witnessed several co-workers suffer work related injuries and saw firsthand how these injuries affected their lives.
CATASTROPHIC INJURIES
A catastrophic injury is a severe injury to the spine, spinal cord, or brain, and may also include skull or spinal fractures, loss of limb, hearing or sight and fatalities.
CAR ACCIDENTS
After being involved in an accident, having experienced accident attorneys on your side is imperative. The car accident attorneys at the Pisanchyn Law Firm can help victims pursue the compensation they need to recover from their injuries and move forward with their lives.
TRACTOR TRAILER ACCIDENTS
If you or someone you love was recently injured in a tractor trailer accident, contacting an attorney can help you recover compensation for the expenses you are burdened with.
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS
Many people assume that motorcycle accidents are the fault of the cyclist because of this bias against them. This cannot be farther from the truth.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
When a commercial vehicles cause severe accidents and injuries you or your loved one could receive compensation for your injuries.
WRONGFUL DEATH
When a commercial vehicles cause severe accidents and injuries you or your loved one could receive compensation for your injuries.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
It’s crucial that you speak to the Pisanchyn Law Firm’s medical malpractice attorneys immediately after you’ve been hurt. Many people don’t even know they have a potential medical malpractice claim, and thus lose the opportunity to pursue justice for their injuries.
PRODUCT LIABILITY
According to The U.S. Consumer Safety Commission, about 200-300 products are recalled each year, despite companies having an obligation to design and manufacture safe products. A defective product can be dangerous and put you at risk of a significant, or even catastrophic, injury.
SOCIAL SECURITY
If you have been denied social security benefits or believe you’re entitled to benefits, contact our Pennsylvania SSI/SSD attorneys immediately so that we can discuss your case in detail.
PREMISE LIABILITY
Premises liability cases aren’t as widely discussed as accidents but they can still cause serious, sometimes catastrophic, injuries that resonate for years.
WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Workers Compensation is a complex area of the law and having expert workers’ compensation legal help is the only way to guarantee you will be receiving any and all benefits owed to you.
Concerned About a Birth Injury in Pennsylvania?
Tell us what happened. We can review the medical timeline, providers, records, diagnosis, and long-term care needs.