Cerebral Palsy claims

Causes of Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy can be caused by a number of different factors, but it generally occurs when a baby suffers an injury to their brain. it is an extremely complex condition and more often than not there is no single reason as to why a child has it.

A large amount of our expertise is dealing cases that were in some way caused due to the negligence of hospital staff and doctors during the time of pregnancy, labour, birth, or after care.

Cerebral Palsy as a result of negligence

Medical negligence can be defined as care that falls below the expected standard. Therefore, to make a claim we have to identify whether there has been a breach of duty in the standard of care, and if so determine whether this breach of duty resulted in Cerebral Palsy.

Negligence resulting in Cerebral Palsy may include:

• Failure to detect fetal distress
• Failure to act immediately at the first signs of fetal distress
• Failure to notice the umbilical cord cutting off a baby’s oxygen supply
• Failure to notice any other symptoms of oxygen deprivation
• Failure to diagnose and treat jaundice
• Delay in diagnosis of serious medical illnesses (e.g. meningitis)
• Failure to detect low blood pressure (hypoglycaemia)

How to make a claim for Cerebral Palsy

At Express Solicitors we understand that you want the very best for your child. This may be in terms of: care, education, health, and quality of life.

By claiming compensation, Express Solicitors will endeavour to make sure that we obtain the maximum award for your child’s injuries. This will mean that you will no longer have to worry about the costs of care, equipment and education needs for your child’s future.

Why choose us?

• Express Solicitors has a specialist team of dedicated Medical Negligence solicitors
• We have experience and expertise with handling complex Cerebral Palsy claims
• To date we have recovered significant compensation amounts for victims of Cerebral Palsy