Brachial Plexus Injury Attorney

Did your doctor use forceps to exact your baby? They may have caused brachial plexus injury to your infant! The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that conducts signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand. Brachial plexus injuries are caused by damage to those nerves. Although injuries can occur at any time, many brachial plexus injuries happen when a baby's shoulders become impacted during delivery and the brachial plexus nerves stretch or tear. Neuropraxia is the most common type of brachial plexus injury.

Did your doctor use force to deliver your baby? Was there nerve damage caused?

Contact our Minnesota Birth Injury Lawyers today!

Symptoms Of Brachial Plexus Injury May Include:

• Paralyzed arm
• Lack of muscle control in the arm
• Lack of muscle control in the hand or wrist
• Lack of sensation in the arm or hand

Erb-Duchenne (Erb's) palsy refers to paralysis of the upper brachial plexus.
Dejerine-Klumpke (Klumpke's) palsy refers to paralysis of the lower brachial plexus.

There Are Four Types of Brachial Plexus Injuries:

• Avulsion
• Rupture
• Neuropraxia
• Neuroma

Avulsion - is the most severe type, in which the nerve is torn from the spine.

Rupture - is in which the nerve is torn but not at the spinal attachment.

Neuropraxia - is in which the nerve has been damaged but not torn.

Neuroma - is in which the nerve has torn and healed but scar tissue puts pressure on the injured nerve and prevents it from conducting signals to the muscles.

Birth injury can be inflicted or sustained by the child or mother during the birthing procedure due to negligence or carelessness on the part of the doctor or medical staff employed by the hospital. You need to contact our Brachial Plexus Injury law office of Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King, & Stageberg, experts in proving negligence in birth malpractice cases.