How Can a Birth Injury Attorney Help?
Birth injuries can be traumatic for parents and children alike. Often times, parents don’t know what steps to take after their child has suffered a serious birth injury.
Not being sure what to do and feeling overwhelmed is completely normal. Unfortunately, nothing can really prepare a parent for an injury that is potentially life-changing. At Brown Trial Firm, we want to help you during this difficult time.
Birth injuries can include the following disorders and injuries:
- Cerebral palsy
- Erb’s palsy
- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
- A serious brain injury
- Chronic seizures
- Developmental challenges and delays
- Lethargy and or fussiness
If your child suffers from any of the above disorders or injuries, we may be able to help. Brown Trial Firm can help you decide whether you should file a birth injury lawsuit. In some cases of medical negligence or error, parents may have the option of pursuing a lawsuit.
If you have questions about whether your child’s injury was due to a medical error , we may be able to help. Contact Brown Trial Firm today using the chat button for 24/7 help.
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What Qualifies as a Birth Injury?
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A birth injury is an injury sustained by a mother and/or the the baby during labor and delivery. This includes during a vaginal delivery or during a C-section procedure.
Some birth injuries are caused by medical errors. Often times when a baby is at risk of a birth injury, the baby sends distress signals. The medical professionals overseeing the baby’s birth are responsible for monitoring and acting on these distress signals.
Some common causes and types of birth injuries include:
- Placental abruption, which occurs when the placenta tears away from the uterus.
- Uterine rupture, which occurs when the uterus rips, often along the scar line of a C-section from a previous pregnancy.
- Birth canal problems.
- Failure to monitor or react to fetal distress.
- Improper use of delivery tools, such as forceps or vacuum extractors during delivery.
- Hypoxia, which occurs when the baby isn’t receiving enough oxygenated blood.
- Failure to order and perform a C-section quickly enough to avoid a birth injury.
- Abnormal presentation, which occurs when the baby isn’t positioned properly for delivery.
What Are the Common Types of Birth Injuries?
Here are some of the common types of birth injuries:
- General brain damage
- Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (commonly referred to as HIE)
- Cerebral palsy
- Blindness or deafness
- Spinal cord injuries
- Meconium Aspiration
- Fractures to the skull or clavicle
- Bleeding inside the scalp, skull, or brain
- Erb’s Palsy
- Brachial Plexus injuries
- Chronic seizures
- Paralysis to the face or the limbs
It’s worth noting that every birth is different. If you have questions about what caused your child’s injury, Brown Trial Firm may be able to help you find answers.
Can I Afford to Hire a Birth Injury Attorney?
Some Parents May Feel Overwhelmed with the Costs That Stem from a Birth Injury. Brown Trial Firm May Be Able to Help.
You deserve the best medical care possible during your pregnancy. If your child’s birth injury was the result of a medical error, then you were not afforded that standard of care.
After dealing with all the costs are labor and delivery, you may be feeling hopeless about hiring a lawyer. Especially when medical expenses to treat your child’s birth injury are piling up. The good news is, if we accept your case, you will pay nothing out of pocket.
At Brown Trial Firm, we use a fee structure called a “contingency fee.” Instead of billing by the hour, we are paid through a percentage of the settlement or verdict. This means that we only get paid if we are successful in recovering for you, and that you will never pay anything unless we win.
Free Case Evaluation
If you would like to know if your child’s birth injury was caused by preventable medical mistakes, please contact Laura Brown. During your free consultation, our birth injury lawyers will discuss your case and evaluate your options. Call +1 (866) 393-2611 or email us a [email protected].
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Here we have collected resources available in your local area that are related to birth injury.
Descriptions of resources are sourced from the linked websites and are not written by the Brown Trial Firm. The Brown Trial Firm has no affiliation with these resources. Inclusion on this list and attached descriptions are not an endorsement from the Brown Trial Firm.
Oklahoma City Hospitals:
- Community Hospital – Oklahoma City: with a north and south campus, we provide a comprehensive range of medical services and high quality care. Our Det Norske Veritas (DNV) accreditation powerfully demonstrates our commitment to meet the highest national standards for quality and safety. Community Hospital’s most important mission is to serve you and your family.
- Integris Baptist Medical Center: As the state’s largest not-for-profit and Oklahoma-owned health care system, with hospitals, specialty clinics, family care practices and centers of excellence, INTEGRIS is here for you. But medicine isn’t always about caring for the sickest of the sick. It’s about doing everything in our power to keep our friends and neighbors and every Oklahoman from becoming ill in the first place.
- Integris Baptist Medical Center: Our award-winning and nationally recognized hospital has a decades-long proven track record of providing an unsurpassed level of care that Oklahomans deserve, reaching beyond the walls of our Oklahoma City facility into the neighborhoods and communities that need us most.
- INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center: Our INTEGRIS Southwest campus is home to 40 different widely recognized medical specialties, seven award-winning Centers of Excellence and 334 licensed beds. But we’re not as concerned with the awards as we are about you, and the health and wellness of you and your family.
- Lakeside Women’s Hospital: Health care designed exclusively for women. Compassionate care and specialized women’s health services are at the core of everything we do at Lakeside Women’s Hospital.
- Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City: Located in northwest Oklahoma City, 380-bed Mercy Hospital is a leader in the treatment of cancer and stroke, breast imaging and research and robotic surgery. We’re also home to a Level-III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which provides lifesaving care for critically ill newborns.
- OneCore Health: OneCore Health exists to facilitate best-in-class surgical outcomes for every patient we are privileged to serve. Our vision is to be the recognized outcome-based provider in our service area that perfectly harmonizes safety, efficiency, service excellence and treatment effectiveness.
- SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital Oklahoma City: Located in midtown, SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital – Oklahoma City serves the health care needs of central Oklahoma and its surrounding counties. We offer a wide range of services with physicians and staff dedicated to providing exceptional care. Our specialties include: cardiology, oncology, surgery and behavioral medicine.
- The Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine: The Children’s Hospital offers more pediatric specialists and subspecialists than anywhere else in Oklahoma, and we’re the only freestanding pediatric hospital solely dedicated to the treatment of children.
Oklahoma City NICUs:
- Integris Baptist Medical Center: Our award-winning and nationally recognized hospital has a decades-long proven track record of providing an unsurpassed level of care that Oklahomans deserve, reaching beyond the walls of our Oklahoma City facility into the neighborhoods and communities that need us most.
- Lakeside Women’s Hospital: Health care designed exclusively for women. Compassionate care and specialized women’s health services are at the core of everything we do at Lakeside Women’s Hospital.
- Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City: Located in northwest Oklahoma City, 380-bed Mercy Hospital is a leader in the treatment of cancer and stroke, breast imaging and research and robotic surgery. We’re also home to a Level-III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which provides lifesaving care for critically ill newborns.
- The Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine: The Children’s Hospital offers more pediatric specialists and subspecialists than anywhere else in Oklahoma, and we’re the only freestanding pediatric hospital solely dedicated to the treatment of children.
Other Care:
- Community Health Centers of Oklahoma – Perry A. Klaassen Family Medical Center: is a private, nonprofit, and comprehensive primary health care facility sponsored by Community Health Centers, Inc. The Center is not a free clinic. Fees are adjusted on a sliding scale according to family size and income. The fee is determined when users register and it is updated annually.
- Curahealth Hospital: Curahealth Oklahoma City features an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care, including: Pulmonologists, Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician, Nurses, Pharmacists, Therapists, Wound-care specialists, Nutritionists, Social Workers, and Case Managers.
- Kings Klinic: the mission of the King’s Klinic is to provide health care services and dispense medication by volunteer, licensed health care professionals to persons who are in need of such care regardless of financial status or ability to pay. Through the services provided, we strive to share the love of Christ and His message of salvation and hope.
- Lighthouse Medical Clinic: A free medical clinic serving the OKC area. The clinic provides a wide range of services including heath care, eye care, counseling, physical therapy, pharmacy, and lab tests.
- Manos Juntas: Manos Juntas Clinic joins hands in an effort to provide healthcare accessible to all who present in need for service.
- Midwest Regional Medical Center: AllianceHealth Midwest is proud to be a member of Eastern Oklahoma County, serving Midwest City, Del City and Choctaw among many other communities. AllianceHealth Midwest is a 255 bed facility recognized for excellence in cardiac care, neurosurgery, orthopedics, mental health and emergency services.
- Variety Care: Variety Care is all about health and health for all! As a non-profit community health center with 14 locations, our team is dedicated to making it more convenient and less expensive for you and your family to receive medical care.
Oklahoma City Financial Help:
- 211 Oklahoma: get help with food, rent, utilities and more.
- Ability Connection Oklahoma: We give temporary or permanent loans of durable medical equipment, such as wheelchairs, walkers, feeding seats, prone standers, strollers, adapted toys, bath seats, etc., are provided without charge regardless of disability. As funding permits, we can also provide financial aid for specific needs.
- Brown Trial Firm: If your child suffered a serious birth injury, it’s time to act. A birth injury attorney can help you find answers to the questions you may have. We can advise you about your child’s legal rights, and whether you have a legal claim for compensation. You may be entitled to compensation for medical bills, hospital visits, and future care like therapy and medical care taking.
- Disability Benefits Help: At the Disability Determination Services offices accurate and prompt decisions are made on the disability benefits claims.
- Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services: the Oklahoma SSI Disabled Children’s Program assists children from birth to age 18 who receive a Supplemental Security Income – Disability Payment (SSI) to receive assistance in getting needed equipment and services. This includes adaptive equipment and specialty formula from birth to age 18 and diapers from age 4 to age 18.
- Oklahoma Health Care Authority: SoonerCare (Oklahoma Medicaid) is a health coverage program jointly funded by the federal and state government. This program helps pay some or all medical bills for many people who can’t afford them. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) is the state agency that administers the program and determines financial eligibility for the program.
- Oklahoma Human Services: among other things, OHS offers aid for families with children with developmental disabilities. For a full list of resources and services, please visit the link.
- The Oklahoma Family Network: Oklahoma Family Network focuses on supporting families of children and youth with special needs via emotional support, resource navigation, and ensuring quality healthcare for all children and families through strong and effective family/professional partnerships.
Oklahoma City Therapy Services:
- Baker Speech Clinic: Baker Speech Clinic is dedicated to helping children reach their full communication potential. We provide the highest quality speech, language, and social communication diagnostic and therapeutic services. Focusing entirely on children, we offer a broad spectrum of communication-related services to meet the needs of children and their families.
- Can Do Kids Therapy: We started out in occupational therapy and then added speech therapy to allow families to get more services in one location. Our primary focus is to give your child the best treatment possible. We care about each child’s well-being, which is why we take the time to get to know each of our patients.
- Integris: At INTEGRIS, we understand the special needs of children with orthopedic conditions and provide expertise in diagnosing and treating a wide variety of conditions. You can trust that our compassionate and caring environment, advanced surgical and clinical services, and support for children and their families is the right choice for your child’s orthopedic needs.
- Mercy Therapy Services – Quailbrook: Mercy Therapy Services – Quailbrook is a multidisciplinary clinic that provides a range of outpatient therapy options for adult and pediatric patients.
- Oklahoma Human Services: Oklahoma’s first Home and Community-Based Waiver for people with intellectual disabilities was approved in 1988. This waiver, now known as the Community Waiver, includes a comprehensive array of services including residential, employment and habilitation services and supports for individuals 3 years of age or older. The Community Waiver provides services appropriate to the individual’s needs. Using a person-centered planning approach, the individual’s team assesses the needs of the individual and develops an annual plan of care to address those needs.
- Pediatric Communication Solutions: Shelly has been working in the field of speech-language pathology in the Oklahoma City metro area for over a decade and has built a select team of highly experienced and dedicated specialists to provide exceptional care for your child’s needs.
- PRA: Bob is board certified in pediatric physical therapy and earned a masters degree in pediatric physical therapy in 1999. In addition to clinical practice, he has taught at OU, OSU, and Langston Universities.
- RehabSource: RehabSource for Kids, the pediatric division of RehabSource, is dedicated to using the combined knowledge and creativity of our pediatric Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Therapists to focus on each child’s specific needs.
- Select Physical Therapy – Select Kids Pediatric Therapy: Our pediatric therapy programs help children excel through physical, occupational and speech language therapy. We offer therapy for children from birth to age 21 with a wide range of needs.
- Special Care: Special Care serves children, with and without special needs, through year-round, high-quality early childhood education, specialized care and on-site therapeutic services. Our mission is to nurture all children with and without special needs in safe, inclusive and supportive environments through education, therapeutic intervention and community acceptance.
- Speech Heart Services, LLP: Your child’s development is our first priority. That’s why we want to help you find speech services that fit your needs. We provide therapy for communication disorders including speech, language, articulation, fluency, and feeding disorders. We work hard to build meaningful relationships with family and their caregiving team so your child can succeed.
- Speech Pathway: We provide speech language therapy for children birth to age 21 at our clinic located on the northwest side of Oklahoma City. Our therapists use a variety of techniques to teach children the essential skills needed to be confident and successful communicators.
- The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Department of Pediatrics: We are a multi-specialty medical faculty devoted exclusively to the care of children from before birth through late adolescence. As part of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, we have been providing medical care to children since 1930, and our pediatricians and sub-specialists have led the way in medical research and education.
- Therapitas: We are leaders in pediatric therapy who specialize in serving the Latino community through outpatient clinics and community education. We offer bilingual speech therapy, occupational therapy, and education services.
- Woven Life: WovenLife offers a Child Development Program for children ages birth through five-years-old, an Adult Day Center for adults and seniors, and onsite Speech and Occupational Therapy.
Oklahoma City Support Organizations:
- Ability Connection Oklahoma: Our mission is advocating for individuals with cerebral palsy and other disabilities and their families; and to provide information to educate and inform the general public to further their understanding of the issues that affect these individuals and families.
- Developmental Disabilities Council of Oklahoma: The mission of the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council is to lead and advocate for systems change in the field of developmental disabilities, leverage collaborations and partnerships toward improved services and supports for Oklahomans with developmental disabilities, and promote positive perceptions and attitudes toward people with developmental disabilities.
- Oklahoma Family Network: Oklahoma Family Network focuses on supporting families of children and youth with special needs via emotional support, resource navigation, and ensuring quality healthcare for all children and families through strong and effective family/professional partnerships.
- Oklahoma Parents Center: statewide parent training and information for children with disabilities to build a better future.
- Oklahoma Parents Center: We have been providing services to Oklahoma families of children with disabilities, their teachers and other professionals since 2000. Our PTI staff is here to help you navigate the Special Education Maze and provide you with the information and tools you need to be an informed and active participant in your child’s education.
- Oklahoma State Department of Education: The Oklahoma State Department of Education, Special Education Services (OSDE-SES) is committed to providing guidance and support in order to promote excellence in education from infancy to adulthood for children with disabilities as outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).
- Special Care, Inc.: Special Care serves children, with and without special needs, through year-round, high-quality early childhood education, specialized care and on-site therapeutic services. Our mission is to nurture all children with and without special needs in safe, inclusive and supportive environments through education, therapeutic intervention and community acceptance.
- The Center for Learning and Leadership: The Center for Learning and Leadership (CLL) is Oklahoma’s federally designated University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD).
Oklahoma City Recreational & Accessible Activities:
- Aqua Tots Swim School: Some of our greatest success stories come from swimmers in our Special Needs Aquatic Program. This program provides customized swim lessons to meet the individual needs of your child and addresses the specific goals you would like your child to achieve.
- Bridgeway Church – Oklahoma City: Wonderfully Made is for children with special needs of any kind. It is a safe place that is open and full of toys and activities that the children will enjoy. We use music, movement and vestibular stimulation in the room. While you are in the service, you can be assured that your child will be loved and taken-care-of!
- Myriad Botanical Gardens: The Gardens is a wonderful space to enjoy being outdoors in beautiful spaces that are coming to life this spring.
- Oklahoma City Museum of Art: OKCMOA is dedicated to providing an activated Museum space at all times with interactive experiences and art-making activities. From tours to exhibition-inspired art activities and Discovery Packs, OKCMOA is committed to creating enriching experiences in the galleries for visitors of all ages.
- Oklahoma City Parks: The mission of the Oklahoma City Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Department is to provide parks, recreational and cultural services to Oklahoma City residents and visitors so they can enjoy an enhanced quality of life.
- Oklahoma City Zoo: our mission is to be Oklahoma’s premier destination connecting people and our world’s vanishing wildlife and wild places.
- Science Museum Oklahoma: Science Museum Oklahoma is pleased to provide a limited number of strollers and wheelchairs at no charge. Guests must present a valid ID, which will be held until the equipment is returned. Ask one of our Guest Relations team members for assistance.
Science Museum Oklahoma has sensory kits, sensory stories, and a sensory-focused map available for check out at Guest Relations. The museum’s sensory kits include earmuffs, a timer, gloves, sunglasses, fidget toys, and printed copies of the museum’s sensory story and sensory-focused map are designed to make a visit to SMO more enjoyable and to allow families with special needs to spend more time in the museum. Guests must present a valid ID, which will be held until the kit is returned. - Special Olympics Oklahoma: The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
- We Rock the Spectrum Kid’s Gym: We Rock the Spectrum Oklahoma City provides children with a fun and motivational environment to help them in the areas of strength, movement, sensory processing, communication, positive behavior modification, social interactions, and self-care skills. Our unique equipment assists all children in their neurological growth and development.