Cerebral Palsy

New York and New Jersey Cerebral Palsy Attorneys

When a baby is born with cerebral palsy, it is not enough to say that it was simply an accident of nature. When a mother has entrusted herself to health care professionals for prenatal care, labor and delivery, it is important to investigate the cause of the birth injury. If delivery room negligence was the cause of cerebral palsy in a newborn child, it is reasonable to hold hospitals and negligent medical professionals, including obstetricians, accountable.

Please contact an attorney at the law offices of Cerussi & Gunn, P.C., to schedule a consultation regarding birth and brain injuries that may have been caused by delivery room errors including:

• Failure to monitor and detect lack of oxygen (cerebral hypoxia) in a fetus during labor
• Failure to perform a C-section in a timely manner, resulting in prolonged oxygen deprivation and ultimately, cerebral palsy and developmental disabilities

Delivery room lawsuits are a means by which an injured child can be provided for when, through no fault of his own, and no fault of his parents, hospitals or health care professionals fail to meet acceptable standards of care. A newborn with cerebral palsy or other birth injuries such as Erbs Palsy or brachial plexus palsy is likely to face a lifetime of costly challenges. Aggressive therapy can do a great deal to mitigate the negative consequences of mild cerebral palsy and recovery of any type can give parents the financial means to provide this type of ongoing intervention.

At Cerussi & Gunn, P.C., we are a well-established medical malpractice law firm whose trial experience covers both the state and federal court systems of New Jersey and New York. We take great pride in representing plaintiffs in cerebral palsy cases.

Our attorneys, Mr. Cerussi, Mr. Gunn, Ms. Gannon and/or Mr. Pierguidi only handle select cases after meeting with prospective clients. They are very selective about the cases that they take on because they want to devote their energy to those matters in which they can make the greatest difference for the injured and the bereaved.

For your child's sake, discuss the possibility of legal action with an experienced birth injury lawyer when birth trauma has resulted in cerebral palsy. Please contact our firm to schedule a free initial consultation.