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New York Cerebral Palsy Attorneys

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral palsy is an affliction of the central nervous system, which causes permanent damage to infants or young children. Although most parents want to know exactly how their children were afflicted, it is often unclear whether the damage to the infant occurred during pregnancy, birth, or during the newborn period. The only way to assess whether injury was avoidable is to have an expert examine all the medical records relating to prenatal care, delivery and newborn medical care.

The expert must be an unbiased and accredited professional who understands the:

• Complex physiological relationship between the mother and the fetus during gestation.
• Stresses that an infant undergoes during birth and the mechanisms it uses to cope with those stresses.
• Processes an infant undergoes in adjusting to life outside the womb.
• Infant's requirements and responses to certain types of stresses and factors in its environment.

That’s why it’s important to hire New York personal injury lawyers who have experience working with Cerebral Palsy experts.

Erb’s Palsy

Another type of birth injury is Erb's Palsy, which is caused by an injury to the brachial plexus. Children with Erb's Palsy have sustained injury to the upper roots of the brachial plexus which houses the shoulder and elbow muscles.

Brachial plexus injuries are among the most complex clinical situations to evaluate. These types of injuries usually occur during the natural delivery of a larger infant. When the infant is too large, he/she cannot safely pass through the mother's vaginal canal. In these cases the shoulder often becomes lodged behind the mother's pubic bone after the head has been delivered. Many times the doctors mismanage this portion of the delivery by pulling or twisting on the baby's head which can stretch or tear the nerves.

Factors Indicating a Baby is Too Large for Natural Child Birth

• Maternal gestational diabetes is generally associated with larger babies.
• Excessive weight gain during pregnancy greatly increases the chance of a large baby, especially with mothers over 30 years old.
• Maternal obesity is also risk factor in giving birth to a large infant.
• Previous deliveries of a large infant.
• Measurement of the fundal height to access fetal size.

Gersowitz, Libo & Korek, P.C. has extensive experience representing children and their families with Cerebral Palsy and Erb’s Palsy. We have successfully helped families find the help of qualified child neurologists, rehabilitation physicians, and physical occupational therapists to help combat the effects of this injury.

Additionally, our experienced New York birth injury attorneys have successfully won multiple settlements on our client's behalf to help pay for the costs of medical treatment and to compensate the victims for the pain and suffering the birth injury has caused them.

You Need an Experienced New York Cerebral Palsy Attorney

If you or someone you know has been the victim of an injury that caused Cerebral or Erb’s Palsy in New York or New Jersey, you need knowledgeable and experienced New York Cerebral Palsy attorneys on your side. The attorneys at Gersowitz, Libo & Korek, P.C. have been winning cases involving people just like you for years.

Here's how to reach us:

--For fastest service, call: 1-800-LAW-9997, or
--Fill out a New York Personal Injury Case Consultation form.

We’re eager to hear your story, answer your questions and lay out all of your available options. All at no risk and no cost to you. That’s right. Our consultations are completely FREE. So call us now at 1-800-LAW-9997.

We handle personal injury cases in New York and New Jersey.

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