Child Injury/Birth Injury

Injuries to Children and Infants

When a child is just entering into life or is still going through the growth process, injuries have a profoundly different effect than injuries to adults. At the Gergel, Nickles & Solomon law firm in Columbia, South Carolina, our personal injury attorneys have the medical and legal knowledge to understand the impact injuries have on young lives.

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Birth injuries and other injuries to children can have life-long consequences and require extensive medical care.

• With a nurse practitioner and a nurse paralegal on staff, with attorneys experienced in complex medical cases, and with a network of medical experts, we can assist our clients with obtaining proper evaluation and diagnosis so that long-term needs are considered in a negotiated settlement or court judgment.
• When a child has a disfiguring scar, plastic surgery often needs to be delayed until the child is physically and psychologically ready. That means a settlement may need to be structured to take care of that future need for plastic surgery.
• With our medical malpractice experience, our lawyers understand the medical issues involved with birth injuries. We examine prenatal medical records, fetal monitoring strips, and other information in birth injury cases.
• When a doctor fails to recognize the danger of shoulder dystocia and the baby is born with brachial plexus or Erb's palsy as a result, the child will require medical treatment and surgery because of an obstetrician's mistake.
• When failure to perform a C-section causes brain injury, cerebral palsy, or death, the doctor and hospital may have placed profits ahead of a child's well-being. Contact a birth injury attorney at the Gergel, Nickles & Solomon law firm.

When a case is complex, when it is important to you and your family, contact the personal injury lawyers at the Gergel, Nickles & Solomon law firm. We serve clients anywhere in South Carolina. Free consultation for all personal injury, medical malpractice, and products liability cases.