Birth Injury Claims

Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia

The birth of your child should be an occasion for celebration and overwhelming joy. Sadly, for thousands of families, medical malpractice or negligence on the part of a healthcare provider results in serious, life-altering injuries to the newest member. According to the National Healthcare Quality Report, seven out of every 1,000 births in the United States results in a birth injury. That is more than 75 birth injuries every day. In our medically advanced healthcare system, this sad fact is entirely unacceptable.

The injury attorneys at The Cochran Firm DC have years of experience helping families recover compensation for the damage caused by birth injuries. Depending on the details of your case, we may be able to pursue compensation for medical expenses, home modifications, lifestyle adjustments, lost wages or income, and emotional and physical suffering. Following an injury at the hands of healthcare professionals, you deserve to be made whole again.

At The Cochran Firm DC, our injury attorneys have access to leading medical experts and state-of-the-art technology to be used in birth injury claims in Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland.

Types of Birth Injuries

The injuries your child sustained at birth will profoundly impact your family. As such, there is no such thing as a "common" birth injury. However, medical negligence commonly results in birth injuries including:

The birth injury attorneys at The Cochran Firm DC focus on debilitating injuries that will impact your child's development and future. You may be able to seek compensation when a medical professional fails to provide you with accepted standards of care. Our attorneys will fight not only to hold these individuals responsible, but possibly to affect change in the behavior of negligent healthcare providers.

Why Choose The Cochran Firm DC

The Cochran Firm DC is the D.C. office of The Cochran Firm. As a nationally respected law firm, The Cochran Firm has unlimited access to the nation's top medical professionals. We will find leading medical professionals to pore over the details of your labor and delivery, working to find the source of your child's birth injury.

In addition, our attorneys are dedicated to providing individualized attention to each one of our clients. We do not take on several hundred clients at the same time, which allows us to personally be involved in every aspect of your case. We are proud to be seen by some of our past clients not only as attorneys, but as family-like acquaintances as well. We are equally compassionate to your family's needs as we are aggressive in our pursuit of compensation. Our attorneys have never backed down to powerful interests.

If your child suffered a birth injury due to medical negligence in Washington, D.C., Virginia or Maryland, please contact the birth injury attorneys at The Cochran Firm DC to schedule a free initial consultation today.