Over the last five years alone, Philadelphia birth injury lawyers at Ross Feller Casey have recovered over $1 billion for their clients and resolved more major multi-million dollar birth injury lawsuits than any other law firm in Pennsylvania.
That record solidified the firm’s reputation as the leading birth injury lawyers in Philadelphia, PA, and across the state.
No other law firm is better suited to successfully litigate birth injury claims in Philadelphia and throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the nation. That's due in part to the fact that Ross Feller Casey has a team of more than birth injury lawyers. The law firm also has a team of leading Ivy League-trained doctors right on staff, including:
Our top birth injury doctors review medical records and consult with birth injury attorneys about how best to proceed with each birth injury claim.
The experienced lawyers at Ross Feller Casey have a proven history of winning complicated and challenging birth and pediatric injury lawsuits in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, providing families like yours with some of the largest verdicts and settlements in the nation. They include, among many others:
In the U.S. each year, birth injuries occur in nearly seven out of every 1,000 births, often leaving the child with a lifetime disability and parents with endless medical bills.
Sadly, birth injuries sometimes are unavoidable. But often, they are preventable and occur as a direct result of medical malpractice or negligence on the part of medical professionals either during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or after a child is born.
In many cases, obstetrician malpractice occurs when an ObGyn fails to properly advise a patient of certain risks, doesn’t perform needed tests, or delays the delivery despite signs of fetal distress. Some other causes of birth injuries include:
Birth injuries can be caused by medical negligence on the part of any healthcare provider, including obstetricians, nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, family practitioners, anesthesiologists, pediatricians, neonatologists, paramedics, medical facilities, or hospitals.
Birth injury cases involving obstetric malpractice or negligence are highly complicated. That is why you need to find experienced birth injury attorneys who have a proven record of winning these complex cases.
There are numerous types of birth and neonatal injuries. Some of the most common include:
While some types of birth injuries and birth defects are not noticeable for weeks or months after birth, such as Cerebral Palsy, there are many situations in which there are obvious warning signs. Some signs that your baby has suffered a birth injury or birth defect include:
The Philadelphia birth injury lawyers at Ross Feller Casey have handled cases involving these and all other birth-related injuries, including preeclampsia - a kind of high blood pressure developed during pregnancy.
The law firm stands out as the recognized legal expert for such cases and has an unrivaled record of winning multimillion-dollar recoveries for those injured at birth and their families. Those recoveries include cases involving:
Suppose you have a gut feeling that something just didn’t go right during your pregnancy, labor and delivery, your child’s birth or later in the NICU. In that case, you must contact an experienced birth injury attorney to review your case and determine if medical malpractice or negligence occurred. If your child has suffered a birth injury due to the action or inaction of a medical professional, or if a doctor or nurse has violated the accepted standard of care, you may be entitled to compensation through a birth injury lawsuit.
While your child's birth injury may not be reversible, receiving the compensation you deserve can help ease the ongoing financial burdens of the medical bills that accumulate for your child's care. A birth injury attorney will know all the damages you can seek in your birth injury case.
The Philadelphia birth injury attorneys at Ross Feller Casey handle cases throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and beyond on a contingency basis. You will not pay a thing unless we recover compensation in your case, whether through a lawsuit or settlement.
You may still be able to file a birth injury claim even if the birth trauma occurred some time ago. But your time may be running out. As with all medical malpractice cases, there is a limit to the amount of time you have to file a birth injury claim. So, don't delay contacting a Pennsylvania birth injury attorney to review your case.
If you or a loved one suffered a birth injury, an experienced birth injury lawyer and doctor at Ross Feller Casey could assist you in determining if you have a claim. Call or contact our office today to arrange a free consultation with one of our Philadelphia birth injury attorneys.
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