On this page, our Maryland birth injury lawyers will talk about birth injury medical malpractice lawsuits. We will look at the most common types of medical negligence during labor and delivery that we see in birth injury cases. We will also discuss the amount of compensation plaintiffs can get in these cases by looking at settlement amounts and jury payouts in prior Maryland birth injury cases.
The term birth injury generally means physical injury, brain damage, nerve damage, or other harm to a newborn baby caused by something that occurs before, during, or shortly after labor and delivery. Some birth injuries are unavoidable. That is true. Childbirth is complicated, and even good doctors can face emergencies that no one could have prevented.
But many serious birth injuries are the direct result of mistakes or negligence by doctors, nurses, midwives, and hospitals. In many cases, injuries during birth can leave a child disabled for life. These are not small cases. These are cases about children who may need therapy, medical care, mobility equipment, feeding support, seizure care, home nursing, or around-the-clock assistance for the rest of their lives.
