Birth Injuries

Kirby & Holt - Raleigh, North Carolina Birth Injury Attorneys

At the Raleigh personal injury law firm of Kirby & Holt, much of our reputation for excellence in client service and the effective representation of personal injury victims is reflected in the settlements and jury verdicts we've achieved for the families of children who suffered birth injuries in the delivery room. For a free and confidential consultation about our ability to represent your family, contact a Raleigh birth injury attorney at Kirby & Holt.

Our attorneys have won both the biggest birth injury settlement and the biggest medical malpractice jury verdict in North Carolina history in birth injury cases involving cerebral palsy. This serious and permanent brain condition at birth is caused by insufficient oxygen to the fetus's brain.

The success of Kirby & Holt's birth injury attorneys in achieving these results for our clients is due not only to our ability to prove negligence on the part of the health care professionals involved, but also - perhaps primarily - reflects the thorough treatment we devote to proof of our clients' damages in cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, brachial plexus, or fetal distress cases.

In birth injury cases, we work closely with our clients to develop an understanding of the quality of the medical care and advice they received during pregnancy and through delivery. We obtain complete medical records, including fetal monitor tracings, and work with forensic professionals in obstetrics, family medicine, anesthesiology, and other disciplines to determine whether a child's condition - whether cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, GBS infection or other injury - might have resulted from an obstetrician's malpractice. Many birth injury cases result from one or more of the following:

• Failure to recommend caesarian delivery in cases involving a large fetus and a mother with a small vaginal canal
• Failure to monitor vital signs such as blood oxygen levels or heart beat in either the mother or the fetus
• Improper procedures during delivery, such a inappropriate use of the forceps on the fetus's head
• Failure to respond quickly to signs of birth trauma or fetal distress
• Inadequate attention to the possibility that a fetus's head might protrude through the rupture of an old uterine scar from a prior c-section delivery

Once we've determined the likelihood of liability on the part of the attending physician, the hospital, or another health care professional, we turn to economic and rehabilitation specialists to quantify with as much specific detail as possible what amount will be necessary to help a child live as productive and comfortable a life as possible, and help the family adapt to the challenges of raising a child who is seriously injured at birth.

For additional information about our ability to help you when negligence in the delivery room results in cerebral palsy or any other birth injury, contact the North Carolina birth injuries liability lawyers at Kirby & Holt in Raleigh.