If your child has experienced an injury during childbirth, you may be feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about your next steps. This Birth Injury Resource Center is designed to provide you with the information you need to understand your child’s birth injury, including signs and symptoms, available resources, and next steps.

Continue scrolling to view several free resources related to birth injuries caused by medical malpractice, and click the button below to contact us for a free consultation.

 

Free Downloadable Resources

Click the images below to access these free birth injury-related resources, each designed to educate and empower parents and caregivers.

Birth Injury Checklist A guide to your child’s milestone checkup appointments

Birth Injury Ebook Emotional & financial resources to care for your child

 

Videos

Hurley McKenna & Mertz has won numerous cases for families whose children suffered birth injuries as a result of medical malpractice. Click on the videos below to learn about their stories.

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Blog Posts

Understanding birth injuries and how they can be caused by medical malpractice is one of the first steps in getting the appropriate care for your child and determining next steps. Check out these blog posts below to get the information you need to make informed decisions.

BIRTH INJURIES

• How to Navigate Your Child’s Birth Injury
• Was My Child’s Lifelong Birth Injury Caused by a Doctor’s Negligent Act?
• Think Your Child Has a Birth-Related Brain Injury? Here’s What to Do
• Common Birth Injuries—And What To Do About Them
• Was My Child’s Birth Complication Preventable?
• Are My Child’s Health Issues Due to a Lack of Oxygen During Labor?

PREECLAMPSIA

• 7 Signs That Your Doctor is Responsible for Preeclampsia Complications
• How Preeclampsia Can Affect a Baby
• How Would a Preeclampsia Lawsuit Benefit My Child?
• Can Preeclampsia be Prevented?
• How Preeclampsia Can Cause Birth-Related Brain Injuries in Infants
• Is My Doctor Responsible for Preeclampsia Complications?
• How to Know If Your Child’s Cerebral Palsy Could Be Related to Undiagnosed Preeclampsia

SEEKING JUSTICE

• Illinois Attorneys Share Real-Life Medical Malpractice and Preeclampsia Cases
• What to Know About a Preeclampsia Medical Malpractice Case in Illinois
• When to Sue for a Preeclampsia Misdiagnosis in Illinois
• How to Find a Medical Malpractice Attorney for Preeclampsia
• What a Negligence Lawsuit Could Mean for Preeclampsia Survivors
• How to Know if Your Preeclampsia is Grounds for a Malpractice Lawsuit

Our Practice Areas

When searching for a personal injury attorney to represent your case, it’s important to find one who’s knowledgeable, compassionate, and caring. You’ll find that at Hurley McKenna & Mertz, where your needs—and the needs of your family—come first. Learn more by exploring our practice areas below.

• Birth Injuries Caused by Medical Malpractice
• Birth Injury and Wrongful Death
• Preeclampsia Birth Injury and Wrongful Death
• Cerebral Palsy Birth Injury
• Brachial Plexus Birth Injury

Partner with Hurley McKenna & Mertz to Get Justice for Your Family

Bringing a child into the world should be a joyous occasion, but a birth injury can turn this moment into one of uncertainty and pain. You shouldn’t have to fight this alone. Our compassionate team has decades of experience representing families like yours, and we would be honored to fight for you, too. If you’d like to learn more, contact our team for a free consultation.