Clearwater Birth Injury Lawyer
Most birth injuries are avoidable. If your child has been injured during childbirth in Clearwater, it’s important to consider your family’s legal rights and options. Perenich, Caulfield, Avril & Noyes Personal Injury Lawyers can help. Our award-winning Clearwater birth injury lawyers can help you take on a negligent OBGYN, hospital, and insurance company and fight for the maximum financial award you deserve.
Perenich, Caulfield, Avril & Noyes Personal Injury Lawyers has been a trusted name in medical malpractice litigation in Clearwater, Florida, for more than 68 years. As leaders in birth injury disputes, our top-rated trial attorneys have helped injured children and their families win millions in settlements and jury awards. Our case results speak volumes, with hundreds of millions in damages recovered.
Put our experience, resources, and passion for justice to work for you during this difficult time in your life. Our experienced attorney handle all types of cases including motorycycle accidents, premises liability claim in Clearwater, FL, medical malpractice cases, dog bites, Clearwater commercial vehicle accidents, and more. Contact our law office in Clearwater, FL, at (727) 591-3354 to get started today. Your first consultation is free.
How Perenich, Caulfield, Avril & Noyes Personal Injury Lawyers Can Help If Your Child Has Suffered a Birth Injury in Clearwater, FL
A birth injury has the potential to change the course of your child’s life forever. Depending on the injury, it can be incredibly painful, limit their mobility, impact their ability to socialize and build a community of peers, and/or cause considerable cognitive deficits.
If your child suffered an injury before, during, or after birth because of a doctor’s negligence, your family deserves to be compensated.
Taking on a hospital or healthcare provider can be intimidating. Fortunately, our Clearwater personal injury lawyers are here to help you every step of the way.
Take this time to focus on your child and their recovery. Let our Board Certified, award-winning Florida trial attorneys handle the rest.
Count on us to:
- Carefully examine medical records pertaining to pregnancy, labor and delivery, and post-delivery care
- Determine how and why your child was injured at birth
- Identify all potentially liable parties
- Interview witnesses, hospital staff, and other parties with information relevant to your case
- Gather evidence needed to support a successful medical malpractice claim
- Prepare a pre-suit affidavit with testimony from expert medical professionals to demonstrate the legitimacy of your birth injury lawsuit
- Represent your child and family during all conversations with the hospital, healthcare provider, defense counsel, and insurance companies
- Aggressively seek a maximum settlement during negotiations
- Litigate your birth injury lawsuit before a Pinellas County, FL jury, if necessary
At Perenich, Caulfield, Avril & Noyes Personal Injury Lawyers, we know that a child’s birth injury can be costly in many ways. As parents, you’re probably under a lot of financial stress right now. Asking for legal help should make things easier, not add to the problem. That’s why our birth injury attorneys in Clearwater are here to represent you on a contingency fee basis.
We don’t get paid unless you do. End of story.
Contact our Clearwater law office to learn more. We’re here to help 24 hours a day.
How Common Are Birth Injuries?
It’s estimated that 7 out of every 1,000 children born in the United States will suffer a birth injury. In Florida, that calculates to roughly 1,513 birth injuries statewide every year.
In Clearwater and surrounding areas in Pinellas County, an estimated 52 children will experience birth trauma or suffer a birth injury annually.
That’s one birth injury every week in and around Clearwater.
What Is a Birth Injury?
The phrase “birth injury” refers to avoidable physical trauma suffered by a child during pregnancy, in labor and delivery, or immediately after birth.
While some birth injuries are unavoidable, many more are the result of medical negligence. Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers make mistakes in treating a pregnant mother and/or child that cause debilitating, often permanent trauma.
Some of the leading causes of birth injuries in Clearwater include:
- Inexperienced providers
- Misuse of labor tools, including vacuums and forceps
- Failing to diagnose an infection or problem during pregnancy
- Failing to order a timely C-Section
- Failing to monitor a mother and/or child during labor
- Staff miscommunication
- Failing to listen to a mother’s concerns
- Provider fatigue
- Understaffed facilities
Obstetricians, anesthesiologists, and other healthcare providers involved in labor and delivery have more than a decade of education, training, and experience. We expect them to be able to provide a level of care that reflects that. When avoidable mistakes are made and children are hurt in the process, they must be held accountable.
Perenich, Caulfield, Avril & Noyes Personal Injury Lawyers is here to help your family make that a reality.
Decades of Experience Advocating for Families in All Types of Birth Injury Cases
Since 1955, Perenich, Caulfield, Avril & Noyes Personal Injury Lawyers has fought for families whose children have sustained serious birth injuries in Clearwater, including:
- Cerebral palsy
- Brachial palsy
- Caput succedaneum
- Cephalohematoma
- Traumatic brain injury
- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- Brachial plexus injuries
- Wrongful death
You will have one opportunity to recover compensation for your child’s birth injury. You’ll want an experienced and respected legal team by your side as you navigate the legal process.
Put our considerable experience to work for you. Call our Clearwater, FL, law office to schedule a free consultation now.
We treat you like family.
If you can’t come to us, we’ll come to you.
Representing Accident Victims in Tampa Bay since 1955
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We’ve been proudly serving Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and the Tampa Bay area for generations. As the first personal injury law firm in Clearwater, our dedicated legal team brings over 300 years of combined experience to each and every case. If you’ve been injured and need support, please reach outtoday for a free consultation, we are here to help you.
