cerebral palsy lawyers

lawyers help those affected by cerebral palsy
and other birth injuries

The birth injury lawyers at Martin & Jones are dedicated to helping children who were injured at birth. Medical mistakes made near the time of child birth can cause serious medical conditions, such as brain damage and cerebral palsy.

Cerebral palsy is a permanent condition that results from damage to specific areas to the brain, commonly at the time of birth. Cerebral palsy affects a child's ability to control movement and posture. We encourage you to learn more about cerebral palsy.

why does my child have cerebral palsy?

There are many possible causes of brain damage and cerebral palsy. In some cases, it cannot be determined why a child has these injuries. But in many other cases, it is clear that these injuries were caused by medical mistakes made near the time of birth, either before, during or after delivery. Most often, parents are not told that a medical mistake caused their baby's brain injury.

To determine if a child was injured because of a preventable medical mistake, Martin & Jones obtains all medical and hospital records and utilizes highly qualified and unbiased doctors in many different specialties to review the evidence. We look for errors as well as details which may not have been shared with you. Martin & Jones has helped many families from North Carolina and around the country to get straight answers to these very difficult questions.

cerebral palsy lawsuit

information on filing a cerebral palsy lawsuit

Once you know whether your child's injury was preventable, you will be able to decide whether to pursue legal action.

A lawsuit frequently is the only way to make the responsible healthcare providers recognize their mistakes, and to make their insurance companies pay for the lifelong care your child may need.

Although many of the problems associated with cerebral palsy can be improved through treatment, the condition itself is lasting. Families of children diagnosed with brain damage or cerebral palsy will likely face lifelong financial challenges.

cerebral palsy lawyers

What Martin & Jones Will Do For You

At Martin & Jones, our first job is to get honest answers to your tough questions. Our clients deserve to know whether or not their child was injured by medical negligence.

To get straight answers, we go to the best experts. Our firm has an excellent working relationship with impartial, highly-qualified experts on a local, national and international level. These experts can evaluate the prenatal care, the medical management during labor, the medical care delivered around the time of birth, and your child's care in the hours, days and months after birth.

Depending upon the facts of a particular case, Martin & Jones can have medical care evaluated by experts in the fields of obstetrics, pediatrics, pediatric neurology, maternal-fetal medicine, neonatology, pediatric and placental pathology, pediatric cardiology, and pediatric neuroradiology.

Your child's lifetime medical needs can be assessed by Life Care Planners, physicians specializing in rehabilitation medicine, and various types of therapists. The future cost to care for your child can be determined by expert economists.

If our experts find that your child developed cerebral palsy or another birth injury as a result of medical negligence, our next job is to get you the compensation your child deserves, whether by settlement or trial, if necessary.

We cover the costs of obtaining thorough reviews from these experts and the cost of litigation. We are reimbursed for these costs only if we are able to obtain a recovery, and we do not charge any fee for our services unless and until we obtain a recovery. At no extra cost to you, Martin & Jones will work with lawyers from around the country, if a local lawyer is needed in a particular case.

For more information about cerebral palsy, please complete our online contact form.