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Cerebral Palsy. Erb's Palsy. Oxygen Deprivation. Your Child Deserves Justice.
Birth injuries caused by medical negligence can affect a child for their entire life. Cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, and other preventable birth injuries impose enormous physical, emotional, and financial burdens on families. Shiner Law Group fights for the full lifetime compensation these families deserve. No fee unless we win.
Birth Injuries Caused by Medical Negligence — Florida Law
Most birth injuries are preventable. They occur when obstetricians, nurses, midwives, or hospital systems fail to follow the standard of care during prenatal care, labor, delivery, or the immediate postpartum period. Florida law holds these providers fully accountable — and provides special rules for birth injury claims involving minors.
Birth injury malpractice cases are among the most complex and high-value in personal injury law. They require obstetric experts, neonatology experts, life-care planners, and economists to project the lifetime care costs and income losses the child will experience. Shiner Law Group assembles this full expert team and pursues lifetime compensation on the family's behalf.
Special Florida statute of limitations for birth injuries: Unlike other malpractice claims, birth injury claims on behalf of a minor have extended deadlines. In general, a minor has until their eighth birthday or two years from discovery, whichever is later, to file a birth injury claim. Contact Shiner Law Group to ensure the correct deadline applies to your child's case.
Birth Injury Compensation
David Shiner and his team have represented medical malpractice victims throughout Boca Raton and Palm Beach County, recovering compensation for patients harmed by preventable medical errors. Call (561) 777-7700 for a free, confidential consultation.
Were You Harmed by Birth Injuries in Boca Raton?
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Common Types of Birth Injury Malpractice — Shiner Law Group Handles Them All
Oxygen Deprivation — HIE
Failure to detect and respond to fetal distress signals — late decelerations on fetal heart monitors, umbilical cord compression, placental abruption — can cause hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), leading to cerebral palsy, cognitive disabilities, and death.
Cerebral Palsy
Often caused by oxygen deprivation or traumatic delivery, cerebral palsy affects motor function, muscle tone, and coordination. Most cases of CP caused by birth injury are the result of preventable oxygen deprivation during labor and delivery.
Erb's Palsy — Brachial Plexus
Excessive pulling force during delivery — particularly in shoulder dystocia — stretches or tears the brachial plexus nerves, causing Erb's palsy: weakness or paralysis of the arm. Preventable with proper delivery technique and shoulder dystocia protocols.
Delayed C-Section
When fetal distress is identified, obstetricians must act promptly to perform an emergency cesarean section. Delays in ordering or performing a necessary C-section can allow oxygen deprivation to cause permanent brain damage.
Improper Use of Delivery Tools
Forceps and vacuum extractors, when improperly used, cause skull fractures, intracranial hemorrhage, facial nerve damage, and brain trauma. These tools require specific training and must only be used in appropriate clinical situations.
Postpartum Negligence
Failure to monitor the mother for postpartum hemorrhage, infection, or preeclampsia — and failure to monitor the newborn for jaundice, hypoglycemia, or sepsis — causes preventable harm after an otherwise successful delivery.
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Why Boca Raton Patients Choose Shiner Law Group for Birth Injuries Cases
Board-Certified Medical Experts
Every birth injuries case requires a qualified expert in the relevant specialty. We maintain a network of board-certified experts who review your records and provide the expert opinion Florida law requires before filing suit.
Immediate Record Preservation
Medical records can be amended — and institutional memory fades. We act immediately to obtain, preserve, and secure all relevant records before key evidence is lost or altered.
No Fee Unless We Win
We advance all expert fees, case costs, and filing expenses — zero upfront cost to you. Our fee comes from the recovery, which means our interest is identical to yours: maximum compensation.
Proven Results
10.0 Superb AVVO · Best Lawyers in America® · Super Lawyers® · AV Preeminent. Millions recovered for Boca Raton malpractice victims through negotiation and trial.