Generally, medical providers can be held responsible for birth injuries caused by negligence. However, not every situation involving an injury to mother or child means negligence occurred, as doctors are obligated only to act in a manner a reasonably skilled medical professional would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.
Because birth injury cases involve highly technical concepts of medicine and law, determining liability requires thorough investigation and collaboration with medical experts. The birth injury attorneys at Edwards Kirby work with expert witnesses who help define the standard of care in a particular situation, assess whether a doctor or another provider failed to meet that standard when treating mothers and newborns, and explain how different steps taken by providers would have avoided injuries and damages suffered by victims.