Minneapolis Birth Injury Lawyers
Edina Cerebral Palsy Attorneys
The attorneys at Hellmuth & Johnson PLLC have many years of experience handling cases involving serious birth injury. Our record of accomplishment on behalf of clients includes multiple cases involving children with cerebral palsy caused by birth trauma and illness resulting from poor neonatal care. Our attorneys have has also acted on behalf of young children and their families whose lives were shattered because of a misdiagnosed illness, such as meningitis and group B strep.
Examples of Our Birth Injury Cases
Our firm has obtained substantial verdicts and settlements for children and their families after a birth injury caused by:
- Failure to recognize or monitor for distress during labor
- Failure to timely intervene when a baby is in distress during labor, including failure to perform a C-section
- Failure to consult with the appropriate medical specialist during pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum
- Misuse of obstetrical instruments, such as forceps and vacuum extractors
- Improper or lack of neonatal care for an at-risk baby
Our goal is to ensure that the child is cared for properly after injuries caused by malpractice and negligence. Our team has obtained numerous verdicts and settlements in excess of one million dollars. We have accomplished this by carefully building cases, consulting with appropriate experts, reviewing all the medical records, taking depositions from the often hostile medical team and determining the facts of the case. Our lawyers work with life care planners to determine the total cost of a birth injury over the individual's lifetime. Our goal is to obtain the resources that the injured child needs to live as fully as possible.
One of our strengths is identifying causation, which is determining how and when the mistake that caused our client's injury occurred. Our legal team is headed by attorney Lee R. Bissonette, who is certified in medical-professional liability from the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. For more than 30 years, he has been helping clients with serious injuries caused by negligence, including victims of medical malpractice leading to birth injury.
Contact a Minneapolis birth injury attorney at Hellmuth & Johnson PLLC for more information.
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