If your newborn was placed on cooling treatment after delivery, admitted to the NICU, had seizures, suffered brain damage, or was later diagnosed with HIE, cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, or permanent developmental delays, you may have questions about what happened during labor and delivery.
At Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro, LLP, our New York birth injury lawyers help families understand whether a serious newborn injury may have been caused by medical negligence.
We review cases involving:
If your baby was cooled after birth or later diagnosed with HIE, cerebral palsy, brain damage, seizures, Erb’s palsy, or permanent developmental delays, you deserve answers.
Contact Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro, LLP today for a free, confidential consultation.
Call 800-675-8556 or complete the form now.
There is no fee unless we recover compensation for you.
Not every birth injury is caused by malpractice. Some complications happen even when doctors and nurses do everything correctly.
A birth injury lawsuit may be possible when a doctor, hospital, nurse, or delivery team failed to follow accepted medical standards and that failure caused serious harm.
Examples may include:
The key question is not just whether your baby was injured. The question is whether the injury could have been prevented.
Birth injury cases are medically complex. They require a detailed review of hospital records, fetal monitoring strips, NICU records, imaging studies, pediatric neurology records, and expert medical opinions.
SSKB Law represents families throughout New York in serious medical malpractice and birth injury cases. Our attorneys investigate what happened, whether warning signs were missed, and whether medical negligence may have caused long-term harm.
We handle birth injury cases across:
Cooling treatment, also called therapeutic hypothermia, is often used when doctors are concerned that a newborn may have suffered oxygen deprivation or HIE, which stands for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.
Cooling does not automatically mean medical malpractice occurred. However, it can be a sign that something serious happened during labor, delivery, or immediately after birth. If your baby was cooled, admitted to the NICU, had seizures, or was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy, brain damage, or developmental delays, the medical records should be reviewed.
HIE stands for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. In simpler terms, it means a baby’s brain may have been injured because it did not receive enough oxygen, blood flow, or both around the time of birth.
HIE can range from mild to severe. In serious cases, it may lead to seizures, cerebral palsy, developmental delays, permanent brain injury, or lifelong care needs.
No. A difficult delivery alone does not mean there is a birth injury lawsuit.
A legal claim may exist if a doctor, hospital, nurse, or delivery team failed to follow accepted medical standards and that failure caused serious harm to the baby. These cases usually require a detailed review of labor and delivery records, fetal monitoring strips, NICU records, imaging, and expert medical opinions.
Birth injury cases may involve:
Not every diagnosis is caused by malpractice. The question is whether the injury could have been prevented with proper medical care.
Parents may want to ask questions if their baby:
These facts do not prove malpractice, but they may justify a medical record review.
Birth injury attorneys and medical experts review what happened before, during, and after delivery. They may examine fetal monitoring strips, hospital notes, delivery records, NICU records, imaging, and pediatric neurology records.
The key questions are:
New York medical malpractice deadlines can be complex, especially when the injured patient is a child. Because timing can affect your legal rights, families should speak with an attorney as soon as they suspect a potential birth injury claim.
Compensation may include the cost of:
In severe cases involving HIE, cerebral palsy, or permanent brain damage, future care costs may be substantial.
There is no cost for an initial consultation. SSKB Law offers free, confidential birth injury case reviews.
There is no fee unless we recover compensation for you.
Birth injury cases are not ordinary personal injury claims. They are medically complex, emotionally difficult, and often require proving what happened during a narrow window of time in labor, delivery, or newborn care.
Families choose Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro because our firm has extensive experience handling serious medical malpractice and catastrophic injury cases throughout New York.
SSKB Law has represented families in serious medical malpractice cases involving hospital negligence, delayed diagnosis, surgical errors, labor and delivery complications, and catastrophic injury.
Birth injury cases require attorneys who understand both the medicine and the long-term impact on the child and family.
We do not treat birth injury inquiries like routine accident claims. Our team reviews key facts such as:
This allows us to focus on cases where a detailed medical review may be warranted.
SSKB has handled significant medical malpractice and catastrophic injury matters, including multimillion-dollar recoveries for clients facing life-changing harm.
While every case is different and past results do not guarantee future outcomes, serious birth injury cases require a law firm with the resources, experience, and persistence to investigate complex medical facts.
If your child was injured in a New York hospital, our team can help evaluate whether medical negligence may have played a role.
Birth injury claims often depend on expert medical review. Our attorneys investigate the records, consult with qualified medical professionals when appropriate, and evaluate whether the care provided met accepted medical standards.
If your baby was cooled after birth, admitted to the NICU, had seizures, suffered brain damage, or was later diagnosed with HIE, cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, or permanent developmental delays, you may deserve answers.
Contact Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro today for a free birth injury consultation.
Call 800-675-8556 or complete the form now.
There is no fee unless we recover compensation for you.