Cerebral Palsy Claim
Cerebral Palsy Lawyers
Consider contacting cerebral palsy lawyers if you have reasons to believe that your child’s birth injury is due to medical malpractice or error. The costs of bringing up a child with cerebral palsy, including treatment and rehabilitation, can take a toll of a family’s expenses for many years to come. Some cases require extensive physical therapy over many years while surgeries are performed in some cases to improve muscle movement. Parenting a child with basic movement difficulties can be very demanding and can ruin a family’s lives in many ways, in terms of finance and health. Depending on the severity of the condition, normal everyday self care activities such as bathing, dressing and even eating can be difficult and slow for a child with hand movement disorder. As such, parents are very much involved in attendance to the child to the everyday needs. Some have mental retardation that requires them to attend special schools. Some are greatly retarded in their movements that they require the use of crutches, braces or wheelchairs. In the United States, it is estimated that there are about 9,000 cases of births affected by cerebral palsy each year or about 3 out of every 1,000 births. The occurrence is much higher in infants with very low birth weights. Most cases of cerebral palsy are evident by the age of two and can be diagnosed by that age through blood tests and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. Experienced cerebral palsy lawyers would be able to ascertain whether a child’s brain damage is due to clinical negligence. Some attorneys are confident enough to work on a “no win no fee” basis and the fee is based on a percentage of the amount of compensation. The time frame for cerebral palsy claim cases to be completed can take a few years. However, in many cases, this is substantially shortened when the case is settled before it goes to trial when before trial, the attorney or lawyer is able to produce sufficient evidence to prove clinical malpractice.
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