If your child was diagnosed with Klumpke palsy after suffering birth complications, you may be entitled to compensation from a Klumpke’s palsy lawsuit or settlement. Contact an Klumpke’s palsy birth injury lawyer to request a free case review.
A team of birth injury lawyers and personal injury attorneys is investigating potential Klumpke’s palsy lawsuit cases and settlement claims of families and parents whose children have suffered from Klumpke’s palsy due to birth related medical malpractice or negligence.
Klumpke’s palsy (also known as Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke paralysis) is a type of injury to the brachial plexus (the network of spinal nerves extending from the back of the neck through the armpit to the upper limbs) resulting in a paralysis of the arm due to nerve damage in the lower brachial plexus (C-8 and T-1). It is similiar to Erb’s palsy which involves injury to upper brachial plexus nerves.
For every 1,000 babies born, an estimated .2 to 2.5 babies will suffer from brachial plexus injury, such as Klumpke’s palsy. While mild forms of Klumpke palsy can resolve within several months, severe Klumpke palsy cases can result in permanent or long-lasting disabilities of the arm, hand or fingers and/or may require surgical procedures such as muscle transfer, nerve graft or nerve transfer.
Klumpke’s Palsy Lawsuit Cases
Klumpke’s palsy lawsuit and settlement cases potentially being investigated include claims involving babies who suffered from Klumpke’s palsy due to possible medical malpractice or negligence:
- Klumpke’s palsy
- Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke paralysis
- Klumpke paralysis
- Other birth injury lawsuit cases
Klumpke’s Palsy Medical Malpractice Claims
Klumpke palsy is often the result of a difficult childbirth where a newborn’s arm, shoulder, neck or head is forcefully pulled by a doctor which causes brachial plexus nerves to be stretched or torn. Such childbirth complications can include:
- Improper use of birthing tools (vacuum extraction or forceps)
- Macrosomia (a large baby)
- Cephalo-pelvic disproportion (head too big for birth canal)
- Head first delivery (cephalic presentation)
- Breech birth
- Shoulder Dystocia
- Trauma to arm or shoulder
- Second stage labor that lasts over an hour
- Prolonged pregnancy
- Other medical malpractice lawsuit claims
Klumpke Palsy Signs and Symptoms
Klumpke’s palsy signs and symptoms can include, among others:
- Limp or paralyzed arm
- Paralysis of hand muscles
- Claw hand
- Forearm lies flat
- Tightened hand, wrist or fingers
- Stiff joints
- Atrophy of muscles
- Loss of feeling or sensation in arm or hand
- Inability to move part of arm, hand or fingers
- C8/T1 numbness
- Drooping of the eyelids (ptosis and miosis)
- Decreased pupil size
- Horner’s syndrome
- Weakness or pain in arm or hand
- Baby does not display Moro reflex on one side of body
- Difficulty gripping
- Numbness in arm, hands or fingers
- Other Klumpke’s palsy symptoms or signs
Time Is Limited To File A Klumpke’s Palsy Lawsuit. Connect With a Klumpke’s Palsy Birth Injury Lawyer.
Deadlines known as statutes of limitation and statutes of repose may limit the amount of time that parents, families and other claimants have to file a Klumpke’s palsy lawsuit case to try to recover compensation for birth injuries such as Klumpke palsy.
This means that if a Klumpke palsy injury lawsuit claim is not filed before the applicable time limit or deadline, the claimant may be barred from ever taking legal action or pursuing litigation regarding the Klumpke palsy injury claim. That is why it is important to connect with a Klumpke’s palsy birth injury lawyer or attorney as soon as possible.
If your child has suffered from a birth related injury such as Klumpke’s palsy, you may be entitled to recover compensation from a Klumpke’s palsy lawsuit or settlement. Contact a Klumpke’s palsy birth injury lawyer to request a free case review.
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