Birth Injuries Lawyer in Santa Fe
What This Page Covers:
- Birth Injuries: Birth injuries can cause lifelong challenges for the child and significant emotional and financial burdens for parents. Prompt legal action can help secure necessary compensation.
- Proving Negligence: To prove negligence in a birth injury case, you must establish duty of care, breach of that duty (negligence), causation, and damages. This requires comprehensive evidence and documentation.
- Steps After Injury: After a birth injury, seek immediate medical attention, follow medical advice, gather evidence, and avoid discussing the case publicly. Consulting with a qualified Santa Fe attorney is crucial.
- Dominguez Law: Dominguez Law offers compassionate and aggressive representation for birth injury cases in Santa Fe, providing free consultations and bilingual support.
- Contact us today at (505) 850-5854 or through our contact form.
Bringing a new life into the world is expected to be a more joyous occasion, but when birth injuries occur, it can quickly turn into a devastating experience for families. Birth injuries can lead to lifelong challenges for the child and immense emotional and financial burdens for the parents.
In Santa Fe, families facing these difficult situations need a dedicated Santa Fe birth injuries lawyer who can provide the compassionate and aggressive representation required to navigate complex legal and medical issues. At Dominguez Law, we are committed to ensuring your family’s rights are protected and pursuing the compensation you deserve to support your child’s future. You can contact us to schedule a free consultation during this difficult time.
How Do You Prove Negligence and Fault After a Birth Injury?
If you suspect a birth injury has impacted your family, you may be eligible to receive compensation from the liable medical practitioner. However, to obtain financial recovery for your damages, you must prove negligence.
Duty of Care
Duty of care is a person’s obligation to prioritize safety and well-being for those impacted by their actions. Duty of care applies in numerous circumstances, including in medical malpractice, car accidents, and birth injury claims.
Typically, a doctor or other medical practitioner must use medical equipment appropriately, monitor the mother and child to mitigate injury or other harm, maintain the vitals of these patients, and fulfill many different responsibilities. By doing their duty and prioritizing the health and safety of these patients, individuals are more likely to leave the hospital on time and recover as expected.
Negligence
Negligence is also called a breach of duty of care. When a doctor is negligent, this means they have increased the risk of severe injury or loss of life in a given situation.
For example, a doctor may be negligent in a birth injury claim if they used equipment they knew was faulty, prescribed incorrect medication, failed to identify issues associated with the mother or baby’s health, and other actions.
Causation
Negligence only increases the risk of injury but does not always cause bodily harm. Also, injuries are not always caused by another party’s poor behavior. Due to the fact that these two elements are not intrinsically connected, a victim must demonstrate that another party’s negligence caused the birth injury to receive compensation.
Typically, you can demonstrate causation by ensuring your child seeks medical attention and providing documentation of the visit. Timestamps showing you sought medical care quickly will often result in better treatment and rewards from court personnel. We encourage you to seek medical attention as soon as possible after your incident, even if you are hesitant to trust medical practitioners.
If you need help finding a medical provider who can help you and that you can trust, contact Dominguez Law. We can provide you with a referral or otherwise help you explore your options for medical care.
Damages
To receive fair compensation for your birth injury losses, you must demonstrate the value of your damages and injuries to legal personnel. Generally, the system will calculate the total value of your birth injury claim based on the worth of any losses with objective monetary losses. Then, additional compensation can be added based on a multiplier or different facts surrounding victims’ lives.
What Steps Should Be Taken After a Birth Injury?
When you file a birth injury claim, carefully calculating your next steps is essential. Our team at Dominguez Law recommend you utilize the following strategies during your claim:
- Seek medical attention as soon as possible
- Follow your medical team’s recommendations for care after initial visits
- Collect evidence related to your claim
- Speak carefully with insurance adjusters
- Refrain from accepting settlement offers without input from an attorney
- Stay offline and log out of social media accounts
- Avoid discussing your legal matters with others, including strangers, friends, and family
- Retain legal support from a qualified Santa Fe birth injury lawyer as soon as possible
- Follow your lawyer’s suggestions for next steps, as these will be tailored to your specific circumstances
When you work with a Santa Fe birth injury attorney from Dominguez Law, we can help you move forward through your legal matters with the utmost confidence.
Family Impacted by Birth Injuries? Hold Medical Professionals Accountable With Help From Dominguez Law
Navigating the aftermath of a birth injury can be overwhelming, but you do not have to face it alone. At Dominguez Law, we provide compassionate and aggressive representation tailored to your unique circumstances. Paul M. Dominguez is dedicated to securing the compensation you need for your child’s future. We offer free consultations, where we will listen to your story and evaluate your case. Our bilingual firm, fluent in both English and Spanish, is ready to support you every step of the way.
Choosing Dominguez Law means you will have a dedicated advocate who understands the complexities of birth injury cases and will fight tirelessly for your rights. Reach out to us today to discuss your case and learn how we may be able to help you. Call us at (505) 850-5854 or reach out to us through our contact form.