Akron & Canton, Ohio Birth Injury Attorney

There are certain types of injuries, which occur during labor and delivery that may be preventable with proper medical care. Birth injuries occur for a variety of reasons including:

• A physician who is not properly trained to perform the delivery
• A physician who is unequipped to handle a difficult delivery
• When a physician is not properly informed about the mother's labor

Many times birth injuries occur due to a difficult labor and delivery or in instances where a mother has experienced gestational diabetes, preeclampsia or pre-term labor.

Certain birth injuries, including Cerebral Palsy, Erb’s Palsy resulting from shoulder dystocia, and other forms of brain injury, may be preventable and are usually discovered at birth. In some instances, birth injuries may be not recognized until later, when a child is failing to meet his or her developmental milestones.

If you are concerned that your child may have an injury that was caused by improper medical care, you should consult a birth injury attorney immediately to investigate the matter, as there are strict time limitations for pursuing these types of cases.

Birth injury attorney, Angela T. Vagotis, represents clients in Akron & Canton, Ohio. If you believe your child may have sustained an injury during birth, contact Angela at 330-456-4122 or fill out this form.