The birth of a child should be a joyful occasion. When a preventable medical error during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or immediately after birth causes a serious injury, families can suddenly face significant emotional, medical, and financial challenges. If your child suffered a birth injury because a doctor, nurse, hospital, or other healthcare provider failed to meet the accepted standard of care, your family may have the right to pursue compensation.

At Sergi & Associates, P.C., we represent families throughout New Braunfels and Comal County whose children have suffered preventable birth injuries due to medical negligence. We understand that a serious birth injury can affect a child and family for years to come. Our legal team works to hold negligent healthcare providers accountable while pursuing the financial resources necessary to address your child’s medical care and future needs.

Understanding Birth Injuries Caused by Medical Negligence

Not every birth injury results from medical negligence. However, preventable injuries can occur when healthcare providers fail to identify complications, properly monitor a mother or baby, or respond appropriately when problems arise during pregnancy, labor, or delivery.

Common causes of preventable birth injuries may include:

• Failure to recognize or respond to fetal distress
• Delayed emergency cesarean section
• Improper use of forceps or vacuum extraction
• Oxygen deprivation before, during, or immediately after delivery
• Failure to diagnose maternal or fetal complications
• Medication or anesthesia errors
• Failure to recognize or properly address umbilical cord complications
• Inadequate monitoring during labor and delivery
• Delayed treatment of complications affecting the mother or newborn

Medical errors during childbirth can contribute to serious conditions such as cerebral palsy, brachial plexus injuries, Erb’s palsy, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), developmental disabilities, seizures, and other conditions that may require extensive or lifelong medical care.

Determining whether medical negligence caused a birth injury generally requires a careful review of the medical records and the circumstances surrounding the pregnancy, labor, delivery, and neonatal treatment.

The Value of a Nurse Paralegal in Birth Injury Cases

Birth injury cases can involve extensive and highly technical medical evidence, including prenatal records, fetal monitoring strips, labor and delivery documentation, operative reports, imaging studies, and neonatal intensive care records.

At Sergi & Associates, P.C., our legal team includes a nurse paralegal whose clinical background provides valuable insight when evaluating complex medical malpractice claims.

A nurse paralegal can assist with reviewing medical records, identifying important issues in a patient’s care, communicating with physicians and medical experts, and organizing the medical evidence needed to develop a claim. This healthcare experience can help our attorneys better understand both the circumstances surrounding the injury and its potential long-term consequences.

Benefits of having a nurse paralegal involved in a birth injury case may include:

• Comprehensive review of prenatal, labor, delivery, and neonatal records
• Identification of potential medical errors or delays in treatment
• Coordination with obstetrical, neonatal, neurological, and other medical specialists
• Evaluation of a child’s long-term medical, rehabilitation, and therapy needs
• Documentation of anticipated medical expenses and life-care costs
• Stronger preparation of medical evidence for negotiations or litigation

Combining legal advocacy with medical knowledge can be particularly important in birth injury cases, where understanding what happened during a critical period of care may require detailed analysis of complex medical information.

Helping Families Protect Their Child’s Future

The effects of a serious birth injury may extend far beyond the initial hospitalization. Some children require ongoing medical treatment, physical or occupational therapy, specialized education, assistive devices, home modifications, or lifelong personal care.

Depending on the circumstances, a birth injury claim may seek compensation for damages such as:

• Past and future medical expenses
• Rehabilitation and therapy
• Specialized medical equipment and assistive devices
• Future care and life-care needs
• Loss of future earning capacity
• Pain and suffering
• Other losses resulting from the injury

At Sergi & Associates, P.C., we carefully investigate birth injury claims and work with appropriate medical professionals and experts to evaluate what occurred and determine the extent of a child’s future needs.

Contact a Comal County Birth Injury Attorney

If you believe your child suffered a preventable birth injury because of medical negligence in New Braunfels or elsewhere in Comal County, contact Sergi & Associates, P.C. for a free consultation.

Our legal team can review the circumstances surrounding your child’s birth, explain your legal options, and determine whether you may have grounds to pursue a medical malpractice claim. If negligence contributed to your child’s injuries, we will work to hold the responsible parties accountable and pursue compensation for your family’s current and future needs.