Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Illinois
Our daughter was born March 12, 2011. She seemed fine at first but the doc noticed labored breathing and applied oxygen. As time went on, she seemed to need further help. Hospoital policy requires the attending doc to contact the larger affiliate hospital and they sent the helicopter to transport our baby to their hospital. During transport preparation, our daughter was put into a transport box and her oxygen was plugged in to a different port. After several minutes, and purely by chance, the original attending doc noticed something wrong and pulled our blue baby from the transport box. There was no oxygen source at the port. Do we have a case of malpractice against the transport company?
4 Answers from Attorneys
Given how serious this sounds, I would suggest that you should speak directly to an attorney about this. If you would like to call my office, please do so.
Jeff Friedman
312-357-1431
There may be a case and we would be glad to evaluate the facts of this incident more closely with you.
Much depends on the amount of time your daughter was without oxygen. There may be a case against others as well.
Should you wish to discuss, please call.
All best,
John
Law Offices
John C. Wunsch, P.C.
(312) 977--9900
There may or may not be a case. It will all depend on the nature and extent of the injuries caused by the lack of oxygen during that period of time. An expert will have to review the records and examine your daughter and make that determination.
If you like help in that respect, my office can provide that assistance to you.
I hope all is well with your daughter now. A malpractice case is one of the most difficult claim to bring. They are quit expensive and therefore the damages and injuries must be very substantial and usually long term. Your submission describes what went wrong and that your daughter turned blue. However, you have not mentioned whether there were any long term effects. Has she had abnormal development? How is her sight, her hearing? It may still be too early for walking or talking, but these are things that you need to monitor. If indeed, there are developmental issues, you should contact an attorney.
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