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Birth Injury in Maryland? The steps you need to follow to get justice for you and your child

Written by
ruxandra
June 17th, 2016

A birth injury in Maryland can happen for numerous reasons, but if the injury is the result of medical negligence or carelessness, you have the legal right to hold the person fully or party accountable. With the help of a personal injury lawyer from Maryland, this is possible. An experienced attorney will help you better understand your rights and work diligently to ensure you have the best representation so that you can receive a birth injury settlement in MD.

Birth injury malpractice an Annapolis injury attorney can take on

Some lawyers are specialized only on one type of birth injury, like cerebral palsy, but we focus on a variety of birth injuries, including:

  • Infant brain damage
  • Hypoxia
  • Anoxia
  • Wrongful death
  • Erb's palsy
  • PPHN
  • Bone fractures
  • Perinatal Asphyxia
  • Spinal cord injuries
  • Facial paralysis
  • Fetal laceration
  • Caput succedaneum
  • Shoulder dystocia

Indifferent to the type of case, the most important thing for an Annapolis injury lawyer is having the experience necessary in representing the client's birth case.A Birth injury malpractice cases are quite intricate, so a general attorney may not have the experience or knowledge to sustain your claim in proving the birth injury in Maryland.

What will the Annapolis injury attorney do to help me?

If you think you or your baby were injured as a result of medical malpractice, the birth injury attorney will firstly analyze your case. The first thing the lawyer will do is go through all the case details to ensure your case is valid. To make sure the process goes faster, you should bring your injury lawyer all the medical documents and anything else you think might help your case.Afterward, the lawyer will start the process of pre-litigation, where they will collect the remaining evidence needed, such as documents, expert witnesses, etc. In this period, it is not uncommon for the lawyer to propose a settlement amount to the defense. Sometimes, the defense will agree to settle, but if they don't, the litigation phase will begin. In this period, the attorney will file a formal complaint against the defendant in a civil court. The defense has a limited amount of time to answer once the claim is filed formally. Usually, this is when the discovery stage of your case begins and when the defense sees what you have prepared against them. The defense is legally allowed to see the evidence, witness list and all other crucial information that you have for your case.

Negotiation for a birth injury case

Most of the time, this is when the defense will negotiate a settlement because it is much easier to settle than to fight. There are some cases when the defense refuses to negotiate, and the birth injury settlement in MD is never reached. If your case has already started, you don't have to worry because it is not uncommon for the defense to negotiate a settlement after the birth injury case trial has begun.

Contact the best personal injury lawyer from Maryland at (443) 569-3950 or at email chris@annapolisaccidentattorney.com.

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