Proving Fault in a CP Lawsuit

If your child suffered a birth injury that has led to cerebral palsy, you may be entitled to compensation. Compensation may help ensure that your child receives the proper treatment and care for the rest of their life. However, to successful receive compensation from a cerebral palsy lawsuit, you must prove that the fault was on the part of the doctor or medical staff.

Doctor Mistakes That Can Cause Cerebral Palsy

There are many mistakes a doctor can make that can cause cerebral palsy; including:

• Improperly using the drug pitocin to induce labor.
• Failure to react to the changes in the vital statistic of the fetus during labor.
• Failure to take action when certain changes occur during pregnancy.
• Failure to order certain diagnostic tests, or to properly read test results during pregnancy Failure to order a c-section when fetal distress occurs.
• Failure to deliver the baby quickly enough after the mother's water has broken. Improper use of the vacuum extractor during delivery.

Delayed or Improper Actions That Can Cause Cerebral Palsy

A doctor can also be held accountable for other actions if they are delayed or done improperly; including: Did not diagnose fetal distress quickly enough.

• Failed to order a c-section or ordered a c-section too late.
• Did not act quickly when bleeding occurred.
• Failed to respond to increasing high blood pressure in the mother.
• Overdosed the mother on the labor inducing drug pitocin.
• Failed to act quickly enough when the mother's water broke.
• Misread the fetal monitor strip, thus causing delayed treatment.
• Failed to act quickly enough when labor was not progressing or progressing excessively slow.
• Did not have a pediatrician present in the labor and delivery room to assess the baby.
• Did not refer a high risk pregnancy to a more experienced doctor specializing in high risk pregnancies.

If any of these things happened to you or your baby before, during, or immediately after their birth, you should hire a cerebral palsy lawyer for a consultation.

Consult a Cerebral Palsy Lawyer

Paying for cerebral palsy treatments or adaptive devices for cerebral palsy can cost a family and an individual a great deal. This is why it is so important that you speak with a cerebral palsy attorney for a legal consultation. Make sure that you or your child receives just financial compensation for the doctor's negligent actions.