Honolulu Birth Injury Attorneys: Protecting Innocent Victims

Birth injuries have a lasting impact on children and their parents. The immediate medical care combined with the long-term medical needs, potential complications, caretaker expenses and loss of earning capacity for the child and the parents takes a significant toll on a family’s finances.

Has your child been harmed by a birth injury? Contact us to explore your legal options. Call 808-797-3363.

We are here to help at Trecker Fritz & Williams. We represent families in Honolulu and throughout Hawaii whose lives have been changed by a birth injury.

What Is A Birth Injury In Hawaii?

A birth injury, simply put, is harm to a mother or an infant during the labor and birthing process. Though injury can be the result of many causes, harm can sometimes be the result of negligence on the part of a medical professional who owes a duty of care to the patient. This type of serious error could bring about allegations of medical malpractice.

For instance, a doctor may knowingly wait too long to advise a patient to have a cesarean section (C-section), even though standard medical practices would dictate performing the procedure earlier during a slow delivery. As a result of waiting too long, the child could suffer from a lack of oxygen and develop cerebral palsy, a life-altering injury.

Potential risk factors that are common for a birth injury include:

• Premature births
• Above-average birth weight
• Maternal obesity
• Abnormal presentation, like a breech delivery
• Prolonged labor
• Difficult labor
• Cephalopelvic disproportion (when a baby’s head is too big to pass through the mother’s pelvis)

Medical professionals, including doctors, have a duty to identify potential complications and take the proper steps to provide appropriate care and mitigate the risk of a birth injury. When they fail in this duty, families can seek justice and compensation through a medical malpractice claim.

Did Negligence Cause Your Child’s Birth Injury?

Negligence by a doctor, nurse or other medical professional can cause birth and childhood injuries, including:

• Cerebral palsy
• Brachial palsy and Erb’s palsy
• Shoulder dystocia
• Brain damage
• Facial paralysis
• Fractures
• Bacterial meningitis

Unfortunately, these are serious birth injuries that can have life-changing ramifications, but how do you know if the doctor or another member of the medical team was negligent? There are a few potential signs to look for, including:

• The doctor deviated from accepted norms, such as using an experimental treatment or failing to provide a treatment that other doctors would have provided.
• The doctor did not take the appropriate steps to monitor the mother and/or the baby’s condition during the labor and delivery process.
• The doctor made entirely avoidable errors, such as using too much force with forceps and causing physical injury to the child.
• The doctor was fatigued or under the influence of intoxicating substances during the delivery.

Often, a different medical professional can testify on the expected level of care to demonstrate what could or should have been done differently to prevent the injury.

We have the resources, knowledge and skill to make sure the hospital, doctor and other medical professionals responsible for your child’s care are held accountable. We utilize top experts in the medical field to help us determine what caused the injury and how the birth injury will impact your life.

Our ability to work with these experts and knowledge of the law and insurance policies helps us build a strong case on your behalf. Our goal is to help you and your family move forward with the best possible outcome so you can focus on taking care of your family instead of worrying about paying bills.

A Reputation Of Success

Our reputation speaks for itself. Our lawyers have obtained successful awards for victims of medical negligence, including being counsel in one of the largest medical malpractice judgments in Hawaii. View our case results to see how we have helped clients in medical malpractice and other personal injury claims.

Let Us Protect Your Family. Schedule Your Free Consultation.

We will work closely with you throughout this process, helping you find the right medical care and dealing with the insurance company for you so you can focus on what matters. Let us look into your legal options and start helping you today. Arrange a free, confidential consultation by calling 808-797-3363. You can also contact us online. We are available to meet with you anywhere, including at the hospital.