Birth injuries are generally caused by something that went wrong during the delivery of the child. In fact, approximately seven out of 1,000 babies suffer birth injuries during labor and delivery in the U.S. A birth injury may be the result of substandard care provided by a doctor, nurse or hospital.
These and other birth injuries can present physical, emotional, and financial challenges for a family. Today, the long-term care costs for an infant with a birth injury are estimated to be nearly $1 million over the course of a child’s lifetime.
Sadly, some South Carolina doctors, nurses and hospitals end up providing substandard healthcare to newborn children every year. Since 1991, an estimated $91 million in settlements have been paid to South Carolina families who have suffered a birth injury, according to the National Practitioner’s Database.
Sokolove has 30-plus years of experience representing families in birth injury cases resulting from medical negligence. Our South Carolina birth injury lawyers have helped birth injury victims and their families secure settlements worth millions of dollars to help cover lifelong care costs such as medicine, therapy, rehabilitation, schooling and assistive devices. We partner with South Carolina birth injury attorneys who know how to help victims in the state and across the nation get the answers and justice they deserve.
Our birth injury attorneys are not limited to filing birth injury lawsuits just in the state of South Carolina. As a national law firm, Sokolove Law’s birth injury lawyers are able to file lawsuits wherever a birth injury occurs in the U.S.
If you believe your child has a birth injury that may have been caused by negligent medical care, contact us for a free legal consultation with one of our South Carolina birth injury attorneys to find out how we may be able to help. Fill out the form to the right or call us at (877) 859-0799 for a free, no-obligation legal consultation.