Birth Injury Available Damages

Answer:

In Illinois, the types of damages that are available for a birth injury primarily surround the lifetime of medical need that the baby is going to require. In other words, the way to think about it is the loss of the normal life that the baby has suffered. It is common in the cases that we’ve handled that the future medical care and medical needs of a baby that has suffered a birth injury at birth can reach into the millions and multiple of millions of dollars of a lifetime of medical need that will need to be addressed now, at a young age.

The amount of money that would need to be set aside for the child and the amount of trusts and different things that would need to be established in order to care for the child, even after the parents have passed on, you have to make sure that there are enough resources available to take care of the child that suffered the birth injury for the remainder of their life.

When you’re hiring a lawyer, it’s important that you find one that is familiar with all the different things that are going to be required into the future, all the way for the life of the baby that has suffered the injury, and has done it before and is familiar with the type of steps to take. If you have any questions or you suspect that maybe your child suffered a birth injury as the result of something a doctor or hospital did, please feel free to give us a call.