Erb’s Palsy Claims

Philadelphia and Allentown, Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Erb’s palsy is a birth injury that occurs when a portion of your baby’s brachial plexus is damaged during delivery. Commonly, Erb’s palsy arises from shoulder dystocia – a delivery complication in which the shoulders of your child have difficulty passing below the mother’s pubic symphysis. In both this and other instances of fetal distress, there are a number of methods your doctor can employ to protect the health and safety of your baby. When they fail to do so, and a brachial plexus injury occurs, you may be entitled to compensation for your child’s suffering, and for the medical expenses associated with these injuries.

Expenses Related to Erb’s Palsy

It is estimated that one out of every ten children who suffers from Erb’s Palsy will require some form of intensive medical treatment. In some instances, simple exercises and rehabilitative treatments are sufficient to restore function to your child’s arms. In many others, surgical intervention is required to ensure your child will not suffer life-long consequences from this injury.

Medical intervention, no matter how minimal, is extremely expensive. Nerve regeneration is required to restore function to your child’s arms and hands, and this can take months or even years. In the meantime, your child’s ability to feed himself and to preform basic developmental functions will be greatly impaired. This can cause both an emotional and physical strain on your child, and result in suffering that extends beyond financial concerns for your entire family.

Experienced Erb’s Palsy Attorneys

When you come to the birth injury attorneys in Pennsylvania at Wapner, Newman, Wigrizer, Brecher & Miller for assistance with your child’s Erb’s palsy claim, we will look at the full extent of damages caused by your child’s injury. Your family deserves compensation for both the medical and emotional injuries caused by this avoidable condition. We will work tirelessly to ensure you are awarded the full compensation you are due.

If your child has suffered a brachial plexus birth injury in Philadelphia, Allentown or anywhere in Pennsylvania or New Jersey, please contact the aggressive birth injury attorneys Wapner, Newman, Wigrizer, Brecher & Miller today to schedule a free initial consultation. Our firm has offices in Philadelphia, West Conshohocken, Allentown, and Marlton.