Knoxville Birth Injury Attorneys

Brain Injuries - Overview

A brain injury is a serious type of injury that occurs whenever a person's head is exposed to force or blunt trauma.  When people sustain brain injuries or injuries to the brain's coverings, they may incur numerous different types of side effects and medical complications.  Some of these side effects may be temporary in nature and others may be permanent.  Common brain injury side effects include:  memory loss, chronic headaches, slurred speech, blurred vision, hallucinations, loss of motor skills and irregular functioning of systems within the mind and body.

Brain Injuries as a Birth Injury

When mothers go through the normal delivery process and not a Cesarean Section, the first part that emerges from the birth canal (unless the baby is reversed) is the head.  The head experiences a great deal of pressure during the delivery as muscles in the birth canal contract.  During the delivery process, doctors may pull on the head or apply force to the head to guide the infant out of the birth canal.  In some cases, if medical professionals are not extremely careful, the force applied to the head can result in a brain injury.  This also holds true in cases where medical professionals misused medical devices, such as forceps, while delivering infants.

Once a baby has sustained a minor head and/or brain injury, he or she may experience some swelling or bruising.  In time, this will go away.  However, in cases where infants incurred traumatic brain injuries, the side effects will not go away within days.  Instead, side effects will magnify and may become worse with time, especially when infants' skulls have been fractured, brains are bleeding or nerves have been damaged.      

In cases where brain injuries are very severe and have been caused by the negligence of medical professionals, it is always in the best interests of the parents to hire qualified birth injury attorneys who can protect their children's best interests.

Knoxville Brain Injury Lawyers

The Law Firm of John Whitfield has served as professional litigators and also compassionate advocates for numerous clients in Tennessee.  If you are looking to speak with trusted and dependable Knoxville birth injury lawyers, contact the Law Firm of John Whitfield today to set up an initial consultation!