Arkansas Birth Injury Attorneys

Miller Weisbrod Olesky is a national law firm helping families who face the devastating consequences of birth injuries caused by medical malpractice and negligence.

Birth injury lawsuits are complex. Our Arkansas Birth Injury Attorneys have successfully resolved birth injury and medical malpractice cases in Little Rock, Hot Springs, Fayetteville, and many other cities across Arkansas.

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Birth Injury Lawyers in Arkansas
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Expectant mothers and their babies rely on medical professionals to give them the care they need. Birth injuries can happen when those doctors, nurses, midwives, and hospitals fail.

Before a baby is born, it’s crucial for doctors to identify and treat any conditions that arise like:

• Serious maternal medical conditions, like diabetes, high blood pressure, and infections
• Signs the baby is not growing as expected
• Abnormal heartbeats
• Decreased fetal activity
• Abnormal fetal presentation (breech)
• Risk of premature delivery

During labor and delivery, situations arise that could harm the baby if medical professionals quickly provide the proper care:

• Fetal monitors could show that the baby is in fetal distress
• Oxygen deprivation could cause irreversible brain damage (Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy or HIE)
• A medical emergency with the mother, like a stroke or excessive bleeding, threatens the baby's blood and oxygen flow
• The baby might need to be delivered by emergency C-section due to fetal distress

Finally, babies can suffer birth injuries after they are born when doctors and nurses don’t treat the following conditions:

• Jaundice and kernicterus that requires phototherapy
• HIE-related brain damage that might require hypothermia therapy
• Some newborns need extensive neonatal resuscitation to avoid or minimize birth-related brain injuries
• Fetal hypoglycemia that requires close attention to the baby’s blood glucose levels
• Brachial Plexus (nerve damage to harms and hands) that requires physical therapy

Was your child injured at birth? If so, our Arkansas Birth Injury Attorneys can discuss your situation during a free consultation. Just call (888) 987-0005 to set up your free consultation.

Depending on how badly your child was injured, you might be facing years of medical treatment and therapy. Many children with birth injuries need the following kinds of care:

• Surgeries and medical treatment
• Medication
• Assistive devices and equipment
• Communication devices and equipment
• Trained caregivers, and
• Special education and training

Dealing with a birth injury is emotionally and financially exhausting.

Many attorneys focus only on pursuing their client’s legal case. At Miller Weisbrod Olesky, we know your child needs help today – not just when your birth injury lawsuit is settled. We have a team focused on helping our clients NOW when they need it most.

We know that children with birth injuries like hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and cerebral palsy often require intense therapy, specialized medical treatment, and assistive care. The stress of providing for a birth injured child’s needs can be both emotionally and financially draining.

But just ‘knowing’ this is not enough. We act on this knowledge by providing exceptional services to birth-injured children and their families.

Recent Birth Injury Settlement:
Birth Injury settlement against a hospital in which nurses and physicians failed to properly monitor the mother's blood pressure during delivery causing an HIE event resulting in neonatal seizures and cerebral palsy at birth. Our national birth injury lawyers recovered $13,750,000 for the family to help with future medical expenses and developmental therapy.

With the recovery that Miller Weisbrod made for our son, I feel like our voice was heard in a sense of what can possibly go wrong in a delivery and finding us answers. I feel with our settlement, we are now in a comfortable position to provide for our son. Things are different because he's able to be in his own space. He's developing well. He is starting to speak a little bit more and live a bit more independently. He is also in school full-time and he gets help from his nurse aid that helps him with all his appointments, all his therapy. Pretty much, I feel like it kind of helped us in a good way. I feel like they care about your personal needs and how to make you comfortable in any situation.

Lyric, C.

Mother of
Miller Weisbrod Olesky Client

Statutes of limitations (SOL) are set by law or statute in each state. They dictate the time period by which a lawsuit must be filed. The clock usually begins ticking at the date of injury. However, the statute of limitations sometimes starts when the injured person knew or should have known about the injury. Determining when a statute of limitations starts running is often tricky and best handled by an experienced attorney.

Arkansas Statute of Limitations

For adults the statute of limitations in a medical malpractice is generally 2 years from the date of the negligence. For children, the statute of limitations is slightly different. A birth injury lawsuit for a child must be filed no later than the day the child turns 11 years old.

There are exceptions to these general rules so please contact our Birth Injury Attorneys today so we can determine the statute of limitations that applies to your child’s specific case. Different (or even shorter) statute of limitations may apply if your child was born in a state or U.S. government hospital. These may include a military hospital or a federally funded hospital or clinic involved in the care of you or the expectant mother prior to birth. These rules can be very tricky and confusing, so do not hesitate to contact our Arkansas Birth Injury Lawyers so we can determine what exact statute of limitations applies to your case.

Most national birth injury law firms will employ one or two nurses to assist the review of cases and medical research. But Miller Weisbrod Olesky offers an unmatched number of nurses and nurse-attorney employees support to both the birth injury attorneys and our clients.

Our team of registered nursing staff and nurse-attorneys bring a deep level of medical and personal insight to every client’s case. Working closely with the rest of the team, they investigate the reasons behind a birth injury and how medical professionals breached their standard of care...But they do much more.

For our clients, our nurses and nurse-attorneys provide valuable support with medical questions and finding healthcare providers.

While Miller Weisbrod Olesky’s Arkansas birth injury attorneys aggressively prepare each legal case, another department goes into action to help the families of children we represent. Led by a nurse-attorney, this department acts as a medical case manager for our birth injury clients by:

• Regularly monitoring the child’s medical treatment status,
• Helping facilitate medical treatment and therapy, and
• Arranging transportation and services.

Where necessary, we also help families locate local medical providers specializing in the care and treatment of children who have suffered a birth injury. With Miller Weisbrod Olesky, you’re not just a ‘case’. And that’s important when you’re looking for a lawyer who can help you cope with your child’s needs today.

Please call or email Miller Weisbrod Olesky today to get started.