Birth Injuries

Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Birth Injury Attorneys

When complications arise during pregnancy and childbirth, great care must be taken. Often birth injuries and medical conditions are avoidable and sometimes result from negligence on behalf of a medical professional.

At Barrett & Gilbert, LLP in Rockford, Illinois, our birth injury attorneys are committed to the claims of infants and parents who have suffered such birth injuries or complications as:

• Cerebral palsy • Ataxic cerebral palsy • Athetoid cerebral palsy • Spastic cerebral palsy • Mixed cerebral palsy • Erb’s palsy • Brachial plexus injuries • Shoulder dystocia • Hypoxia • Brain injury • Untreated jaundice • Delayed cesarean (C-Section) • Still birth • Umbilical cord entrapment or compression

For a general overview of birth injuries, please visit our Birth Injuries Practice Center page.

At Barrett & Gilbert, LLP, our experienced birth injury lawyers will thoroughly investigate your birth injury claim, calling upon the expertise of top researchers in the field. We will order and review necessary medical records and examine your case for negligence before, during and after childbirth.

If a birth injury is the result of a doctor or obstetrician’s negligence, you may have grounds for a medical malpractice lawsuit, to recover compensation for past and future medical expenses which includes the cost of treatment. If a still birth occurs due to avoidable doctor error, you may recover damages for loss of affection or loss of normal life.

Contact Barrett & Gilbert, LLP in Rockford, Illinois for more information about how we can help you. For your convenience, we offer free initial consultations.

Barrett & Gilbert, LLP
Illinois Birth Injury Attorneys
1645 Temple Lane
Rockford, IL 61112

Phone: 815-332-9600
Fax: 815-332-9646
E-Mail: Contact Us

The law office of Barrett & Gilbert, LLP is located in Rockford, Illinois. We offer experienced legal services to residents in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. This includes Rockford, Madison, Beloit, the Illinois counties of Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Winnebago and Dane, Green, Lafayette and Rock County in Wisconsin.