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Birth Injuries – Child | Children

Whenever an infant is harmed by the actions or inactions of a doctor or other healthcare professional, medical malpractice may have occurred.

Injuries sustained during child birth and during early childhood years. If your child has suffered such a traumatic event, it could be beneficial to contact an experienced medical malpractice attorney at McLaughlin & Lauricella.

Pregnancy Related Deaths

About 700 women die from pregnancy-related deaths each year, and the majority of those deaths are preventable. This is according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Virtually every organization concerned with patient safety has recognized that this number of preventable deaths is far too high. Related Pages & Articles: McLaughlin & Lauricella [...]

The 5 Most Tragic Birth Injuries in Philadelphia & Elsewhere

As if going through labor were not difficult enough, parents must also worry about birth injuries. Although labor and delivery do not always go as we imagine they should—or planned they would—and medical accidents can and do happen, in some cases a birth injury is entirely preventable. It is these preventable birth injuries that can devastate [...]

Top 10 Most Common Birth Injuries

Whenever an infant is harmed by the actions or inactions of a doctor or other healthcare professional, medical malpractice may have occurred. Related Pages & Articles: McLaughlin & Lauricella - Pennsylvania & New Jersey Birth Injury Lawyers Common Birth Injuries 5 Most Tragic Birth Injuries The top 10 most common birth injuries associated with medical malpractice [...]

Pennsylvania Birth Injuries Compensation: What You’re Entitled To

For all parents, the birth of a child is cause for celebration. While no one expects childbirth to be particularly easy, parents do not anticipate complications during labor or injuries during childbirth. When newborn infants spend the precious first moments of their lives being resuscitated, followed by days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a [...]

Common Birth Injuries Affect Thousands of Families Each Year

Birth injuries affect thousands of families each year, and although some injuries can be treated successfully without impacting the child's quality of life, others can be long-lasting. Birth injuries arise from when a physician fails to do what is needed to protect the life of the unborn child or causes injury during the birthing process. Related [...]

Birth Injuries Demand Lifetime Care

We all enjoy the cameras, the balloons, and the joy that comes with a new baby, but childbirth is actually a potentially dangerous event.  While the vast majority of pregnancies end without complication, a significant number are associated with potentially life-threatening and life-altering peril. Conditions such as placental abruption and preeclampsia can pose serious risks to [...]