If your baby suffered from umbilical cord injury or complications at birth, you may be entitled to recover compensation from an umbilical cord injury lawsuit case or settlement claim. Contact an umbilical cord birth injury lawyer to request a free case review.
A team of birth injury lawyers and personal injury attorneys is investigating potential umbilical cord injury lawsuit cases and settlement claims of families and parents whose children have suffered from umbilical cord injuries at birth due to medical malpractice or negligence.
Umbilical cord injuries are a type of birth injury resulting from problems or complications of the umbilical cord. The umbilical cord (a/k/a the birth cord, navel string, supply line or funiculus umbilicalis) is a narrow tube like structure that connects the fetus or embryo and the placenta, providing a baby with oxygen and nutrients and removing waste.
When an umbilical cord doesn’t function properly or is damaged, it can lead to serious injury to a baby, such as oxygen deprivation and possibly even fetal death. Umbilical cord injuries can be quite common (such as a nuchal cord injury) or more rare (such as a true knot injury); it really depends on the type of umbilical cord complication it is.
Umbilical Cord Injury Lawsuit Cases
Umbilical cord injury lawsuit and settlement cases potentially being investigated include claims involving babies who, due to possible medical malpractice or negligence, suffered umbilical cord injuries or complications at birth, including the following:
- Umbilical cord injury
- Nucal cord
- Compressed umbilical cord
- True knot umbilical cord compression
- Prolapsed umbilical cord
- Short umbilical cord
- Vasa previa
- Infected umbilical cord
- Umbilical cord cyst
- Other umbilical cord injury claims
- Other birth injury lawsuit cases
Umbilical Cord Medical Malpractice Claims
Umbilical cord malpractice lawsuit and settlement claims can include the failure of a physician, obstetrician, OB-GYN or other healthcare provider to exercise reasonable care in diagnosing or treating umbilical cord complications including, for example:
- Failure to monitor for signs of umbilical cord complications
- Failure to promptly diagnose umbilical cord injury
- Failure to properly treat umbilical cord problems
- Failure to unwrap a knotted or twisted cord
- Failure to make sure a baby has enough oxygen
- Failure to timely perform a C-section delivery
- Failure to identify and monitor umbilical cord injury risk factors
- Failure to order appropriate tests (ultrasound, etc.)
- Failure to follow-up
- Other forms of umbilical cord malpractice or negligence
- Other medical malpractice lawsuit claims
Umbilical Cord Injury Complications
Umbilical cord injuries, if not properly diagnosed or treated, can lead to serious complications due to a lack of oxygen to the baby including:
- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
- Cerebral palsy
- Periventricular leukomalacia
- Birth asphyxia
- Brain damage
- Seizures
- Chorioamnionitis (or intra-amniotic infection or IAI)
- Intrauterine growth restriction
- Intellectual disability
- Developmental disability
- Stillbirth/death
- Other umbilical cord complications
Time Is Limited To File An Umbilical Cord Birth Injury Lawsuit. Connect With a 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 an umbilical cord injury lawsuit case to try to recover compensation for birth injuries suffered due to umbilical cord complications.
This means that if an umbilical cord 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 umbilical cord injury claim. That is why it is important to connect with an umbilical cord birth injury lawyer or attorney as soon as possible.
If your child has suffered from an umbilical cord injury at birth, you may be entitled to recover compensation from an umbilical cord birth injury lawsuit or settlement. Contact an umbilical cord birth injury lawyer to request a free case review.
*If your child is experiencing health issues or complications, we urge you to promptly consult with your doctor or physician for an evaluation.
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