Florida Birth Injury Attorneys
More Than 150 Years of Collective Legal Experience
Birth injuries are devastating tragedies, turning a moment of joy into a moment of fear and sorrow. Per the Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 1 in 3 birth injuries is preventable. That means your doctor, nurses, or health care provider is likely responsible for your child’s harm. However, hospitals are not in the business of admitting their mistakes and offering you a fair settlement—you need an attorney who knows how to hold doctors accountable for their mistakes. With over 150 years of combined experience, you need the law firm of Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A.
The Mistakes Doctors Make
Doctors talk about birth injuries like they are a naturally occurring event, but medical mistakes are a leading cause of birth injuries—not genetics or the mother’s health. Improper use of forceps, failure to perform a C-section quickly (or at all), and negligent care before, during, or shortly after birth—these are all common mistakes that lead to cerebral palsy, brain damage, mobility issues, and more. In many cases, a mother’s potential complications can be predicted and prepared for.
If you feel that your doctors didn’t do everything they could to save your baby from a lifetime of injury, the facts could support your case. Our Florida birth injury law firm can conduct a thorough investigation of your child’s injuries to determine what exactly caused your baby’s harm. We trace every effect back to the decision that led to it—empowering you to hold doctors, nurses, midwives, and hospitals accountable for their lack of care.
Why Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain?
In 1984, our founders decided to establish a birth injury practice that focused exclusively on quality over quantity. Since day one, we have stuck to a limited caseload so that our clients benefit from exponentially increased amounts of time, resources, and energy invested in their cases. When it comes to the investigation-heavy process of birth injury litigation, those resources are priceless. Our firm has successfully gone toe-to-toe against the largest hospitals and insurance companies in the country and recovered maximum compensation for injured infants. Based in downtown, our birth injury lawyers have represented clients from Florida and all over the nation. No matter how complex your case, we will devote all of our time, energy, and resources to fighting for your child, providing for their life and future.
Providing Answers for Babies & Families
Birth injuries have the potential to last a lifetime, which means decades of emotional and financial cost for the family of the injured child. Debilitating brain injuries, for instance, often impose over $1 million in lifetime costs on parents. Studies show that 80% of these costs are non-medical (such as special education, trained supervision, specialized equipment, long-term occupational therapy), which means medical insurance does not cover them.
Injuries like Erb’s palsy or cerebral palsy may be highly treatable, but they still come with permanent consequences. Research shows that adults with cerebral palsy are 22% less likely to be employed. Less income means less self-sufficiency and a higher likelihood that your baby will need extra financial support for the rest of his or her life. These are not the costs that doctors or insurance companies will tell you about or provide for—unless you fight for it in court.
We never stop fighting. No matter how difficult your case may be, our firm’s resources allow us to fight for you as long as it takes. Other attorneys leave cases when they become too costly or complicated, but we’re fighters—we don’t back down when clients need us. In one of our birth injury cases, we obtained a $15 million settlement for our client and his family after 10 years of litigation. Our firm stands by our clients, regardless of how long justice takes.