If your baby’s been diagnosed with a birth injury, you understandably have lots of questions. One of these questions might be, “Should I talk to a lawyer about my baby’s birth injury?”
The short answer to this question is, “Yes.”
Not only is it important to learn about your family’s legal rights after a birth injury diagnosis, but it also costs nothing to do so. Here is an overview of what you should know about talking to a birth injury lawyer in Illinois:
At Coplan + Crane, we provide free initial consultations in birth injury cases. Once you get in touch, we will arrange for you to speak with an experienced attorney at our firm in complete confidence. Your lawyer will answer your questions, explain everything you need to know about your family’s legal rights, and then help you begin making informed decisions about your next steps.
Your next steps are completely up to you. Scheduling a free consultation with one of our lawyers does not obligate you to move forward with filing a claim for your baby’s birth injury. Your free consultation is an opportunity to learn about your legal rights in a pressure-free environment, and we will never lean on you to do anything that you are not prepared to do.
If you decide that you want to file a birth injury claim after your free initial consultation, you will pay nothing out of pocket for your legal representation. We handle all personal injury cases on a “contingency fee” basis. This means you pay nothing unless you win; and, if you win, our legal fees will be calculated as a percentage of your settlement or verdict. We will disclose this percentage to you before you decide whether to move forward.
Why is it important to think about filing a claim for your baby’s birth injury? Unfortunately, birth injuries often leave new parents facing medical costs that far exceed what they can afford to pay. If you have a birth injury claim, our lawyers can seek financial compensation not only for the medical costs your family has incurred to date, but also the medical costs that your family will incur in the future as a result of your baby’s birth injury diagnosis.
In addition to substantial medical costs, birth injuries can have a variety of other serious (and potentially lifelong) consequences as well. If your child will be physically disabled as a result of his or her birth injury, if your child will experience developmental delays or limitations, or if your child will experience pain or any other adverse effects, these are also losses for which your family can—and should—seek compensation.
Not only is filing a claim for your baby’s birth injury important for your family, but it is important for protecting other families as well. If you don’t speak up, your family’s doctor might not be aware of what happened, and he or she could make the same mistake again. While doctors’ medical malpractice insurance companies typically cover the financial and non-financial costs of their mistakes, making sure your doctor is held duly accountable will help ensure that other families do not endure similar consequences.
Since medical malpractice insurance covers the financial and non-financial costs of preventable birth injuries, recovering just compensation usually means accepting an insurance settlement.
While there are no guarantees, we are able to favorably resolve the vast majority of our clients’ cases without taking them to trial. If you decide to hire our firm to file a filing a claim for your baby’s birth injury, we will help you make informed decisions throughout the process—including helping you decide whether to accept any settlement offers that may be on the table.
If your child was harmed by the carelessness, recklessness, or negligence of a medical professional, it is in your best interest to talk to a lawyer about your baby’s birth injury. Cases involving medical negligence can be extremely complex and difficult to prove without the guidance and skill of an experienced birth injury attorney. At Coplan + Crane, our team has built a reputation for excellence in these difficult cases. We understand the complexities of Illinois law and we know how to win.
Contact the Chicago birth injury lawyers at Coplan + Crane today online or at 312-982-0588 for a FREE case evaluation. We help clients across Illinois, including Chicago, Oak Park, Rockford, and other areas. We handle birth injury cases on a contingency basis, which means you don’t pay unless we win.
