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Mild jaundice is a common condition in many newborns. When they are first born, an infant’s liver may not have fully developed, causing red blood cells to break down more quickly than normal. As a result, it can cause a buildup of bilirubin, a yellow pigment in the blood.
Most cases of jaundice are mild. However, untreated jaundice can cause extreme complications for some infants. If a physician failed to treat your newborn for jaundice, leading to complications, your family may have the right to pursue compensation through a birth injury claim. A Long Island jaundice injury lawyer can help.
Untreated jaundice can lead to significant challenges, including brain damage and hearing loss. These complications can cause lifelong difficulties, not only for the affected child, but for their families as well.
Following a medical provider’s negligence in treating jaundice, families may have the right to claim compensation for:
Working with a jaundice injury attorney can help parents in Long Island calculate the ongoing cost of treatment for children due to those losses.
In order to establish the right to file a jaundice injury claim, the family will need to work with a Long Island lawyer to show several key facts related to the claim and the child’s injuries.
A lawyer will work to show that the medical professional was responsible for providing medical care for the child, which means that they should have met the standard of care in situations where the child showed jaundice symptoms or injury.
In a jaundice injury claim, a lawyer will work with the family to show that the child had obvious symptoms of jaundice, that the medical provider should have noticed the jaundice or the family reported it, and that the medical provider failed to offer needed treatment, including phototherapy.
To file a claim, the family will need to show that the child suffered some type of severe or permanent damages because of the failure to treat the child’s jaundice. In most cases, that means that they will show the child suffered brain damage or hearing loss because of the untreated jaundice.
If your child suffered brain damage due to a care provider’s failure to provide treatment for jaundice, your family may deserve compensation for those losses. A Long Island jaundice injury lawyer could help you determine what compensation you deserve and how to pursue it. Contact Duffy & Duffy, PLLC to discuss your claim.
After years of serving New York–including the Bronx, Queens and Nassau, Suffolk and Kings Counties–, we are confident our injury lawyers can assist you with your claim. We are well respected by our clients, who appreciate not only the outcomes we’ve provided but also the care in which we resolved their cases. As you can see from our successful settlements, we offer excellent results, though the outcome varies depending on the case. Regardless of your case details, you can rest assured our Long Island car accident attorneys will always fight for you as you seek compensation to pay for medical bills, vehicle repairs and more. You deserve to be made whole again after your accident, and Duffy & Duffy is here to help.
No. Our injury cases are handled on a contingent retainer. You pay nothing upfront, and we recover attorney’s fees only if your litigation is successful. We don’t bill by the hour. You don’t need to worry about running up a large attorney’s bill before you see any recovery for your injuries.
Yes. Our firm is dedicated to creating a strong relationship with our clients, beginning with keeping your information and consultation confidential.
Each case we encounter is carefully screened and evidence scrutinized to make sure the claim is meritorious and may be successful at trial. We will perform an investigation, and then our partners make a final decision on whether to take on a case.
