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Cerebral Palsy Children & Families Injured by Labor & Delivery Mistakes Legal Representation for Misdiagnosis, Malpractice, Cerebral Palsy Claims
  • 20% of children diagnosed with congenital cerebral palsy developed CP due to a brain injury during the birthing process.
     
  • Approx. 765,000 children and adults in the United States manifest one or more of the signs of cerebral palsy.
     
  • 8,000 - 10,000 babies and infants are diagnosed annually with cerebral palsy.
     
  • Cerebral palsy is identified in 1,200 - 1,500 preschool age children each year.
     

  • Cerebral palsy is the second most common neurological impairment in childhood. 

  • Spasticity of one or more limbs is the most common disability now associated with new cases of cerebral palsy.
     
  • 45% of children with cerebral palsy also develop mild or severe epilepsy.
     
  • Of congenital disorders, CP has the highest life-term costs per new case, averaging $503,000 in 1992 dollars (approx. $650,000 in 2003 dollars).
     
  • The degree of disability with CP is: mild (24.9%), moderate (43.8%), and severe (31.3%).

    The motor disability is: diplegia (36%), hemiplegia (20.5%), and quadriplegia (40.5%).
     
  • 59% of families with a CP child have an income of less than $30,000 per year. The child's medical care costs are assisted by Medicaid in 63% of families.
     
  • 84.5%  of children with cerebral palsy receive physical therapy 6 times a month, 50% receive occupational therapy about 5 times a month and 37% see a speech therapist about 5 times a month.
     
  • A twin pregnancy results in a child with cerebral palsy 12 times more often than a singleton pregnancy. This is generally due to low birth weight and prematurity associated with twins.
     
  • Swedish data indicate that 36% of infants with CP were born at less than 28 weeks gestational age, 25% at 28-32 weeks, 2.5% at 33-38 weeks, and 37% at term (40 weeks).
 

How the MEDLAW Legal Team Supports Cerebral Palsy Cases:

»  OBGYN on staff

»  Labor & Delivery Nurse + 4 RNs on staff

»  Concentrates Our Practice on Birth Injury

»  Attorneys With Over 150 years of Combined Experience;

»  Highest Rating for Ethical Conduct by Martindale-Hubbell®;

»  Successful Representation for Clients Nationwide.

A statute of limitations applies to cerebral palsy medical malpractice claims, placing time limits on the amount of time families have to file a CP medical malpractice case.

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