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Birth Injury

Accomplished Birth Injury Malpractice Lawyers

Representing Families Harmed by Birth Injuries

At Walsh, Knippen, Knight & Pollock, Chartered, our medical malpractice attorneys represent families whose babies should have been born normal and healthy. Instead, these children either died of a birth injury or suffered a lifetime of limitations and disabilities because of medical malpractice.

Holding the Negligent Accountable

An OB nurse could not pick up fetal heart tones, but she didn't call the obstetrician in the middle of the night because she didn't want to wake him up. Because of her negligence, the child was born quadriplegic. Our successful birth injury lawsuit ensured that held those responsible for the injury paid accountable for the damages they caused.

We represent clients in a wide range of birth injury claims, including those involving:

  • Cerebral palsy
  • Erb's palsy
  • Group B strep
  • Ruptured uterus
  • Hypoxia
  • Brachial plexus injuries
  • Shoulder dystocia
  • Eclampsia and pre-eclampsia
  • Hypertension
  • Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD)
  • Failure to perform a timely Cesarean birth (C-section)
  • Failure to monitor for or respond to fetal distress

Our experienced legal team has the skills and resources to successfully represent clients in even the most complex birth injury claim. If your infant was seriously harmed by negligence before, during or after delivery, please contact our office in Wheaton, Illinois, for a free consultation.

To learn more about our birth injury practice, please review the following case histories:

We represent clients on a contingency basis. If we accept your case, you will pay no attorney fees unless we obtain compensation in your birth injury claim.

Practice Areas Case Histories

Anderson v. Thompson, MD Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $2.5 Million Settlement.

Doe v. SuperFlow Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $5.25 Million Settlement

Cann v. Life Products, Inc., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $10 Million Jury Verdict

Bechtol v. Campbell, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $7.3 Million Jury Verdict

Liporini v. Westlake Hospital, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $6.1 Million Award

Kilgore v. Heggen, Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois $5.7 Million Award

LoCoco v. Garbowski, M.D., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $2.6 Million Jury Verdict

Knauerhaze v. Allen, M.D., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $2.485 Million Jury Verdict

Krywokulski v. Wilbur, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $2.2 Million Award

Garcia v. Horwitz, M.D., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $1.775 Million Award

Compton v. Ubilluz, M.D. and Nour, M.D., Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois $1.73 Million Jury Verdict

Enyart v. Rahn, MD, Circuit Court of DuPage Country, Illinois $1.550 Million Settlement

Janetis v. Christensen, M.D., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $1.1 Million Award

Licastro v. Rowley, M.D., Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois $710,000 Award

Murray v. R. A. Bright Construction Company, Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois $1.9 Million Award

Out of State Automobile Accident - Death, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $1.1 Million Award

Bus/Automobile Collision - Fracture & Hip Dislocation, Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois $800,000 Award

Automobile/Van Collision - Herniated Disc, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $480,000 Award

Car/Truck Collision - Fractures, Circuit Court of Kane County, Illinois $420,000 Award

Truck/Automobile Collision - Spleen Injury, Circuit Court of Dupage County, Illinois $245,000 Award

Callahan v. Bernz-O-Matic, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $2.7425 Million Award

Rader v. City of Chicago, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $1.9 Million Award

Personal Injury : Boat : Leg Injury, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois $1.5 Million Award

Wrongful Adoption, Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois $780,000 Settlement

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