Brachial Plexus Palsy Injury Lawyers in Chicago
Chicago Traumatic Brachial Plexus Injuries
The Ronaldson & Kuchler, LLC Law Offices are one of Chicago’s prominent medical malpractice law firms. Our Chicago birth injury attorneys are experienced in handling many forms of birth injuries, such as brachial plexus injuries.
Chicago Brachial Plexus Injury Law
The brachial plexus is an intricate set of nerves that runs from your spinal cord all the way down to your neck, arms, wrists, and fingers. There are various forms of brachial plexus injuries. If an infant’s brachial plexus nerves are harmed during birth, the injury is referred to as brachial plexus palsy. Our Chicago brachial plexus injury lawyers represent brachial plexus palsy cases, as well as other birth injury cases that were caused by medical malpractice.
Causes of Brachial Plexus Injury
When an infant is in the birthing canal during birth, the infant’s shoulder can get wedged under the mother’s pelvic bone. Obstetricians may use intense pulling to release the baby and mother of the uncomfortable, and at times dangerous, situation. If the infant’s head or neck is pulled or stretched too hard it can cause damage to the baby brachial plexus, resulting in brachial plexus palsy. A traumatic brachial plexus injury, or TPBI, is when there is nerve damage to this same part of the body any other time, except birth. TPBIs can occur due to a severe accident or an error that occurs while in surgery to the brachial plexus nerve system.
Brachial Plexus Injury Symptoms
- Difficulty of movement to the hand, wrist, or fingers
- Full or partial paralysis of the hand, wrist, or fingers
- Droopy eyelid on the affected side of the body
- Tingly or painful feeling in hand, wrist, or fingers
Chicago Birth Injury Attorneys
Our personal injury lawyers and birth injury lawyers are educated and familiar with brachial plexus injuries, which is necessary when representing this complicated birth injury case in Chicago. If you or a loved one is in need of medical malpractice attorneys in Chicago, contact us at Ronaldson and Kuchler at (866) 603-6619 for a free consultation.
