Philadelphia Birth Injury Lawyers
Experienced Philadelphia Birth Injury Lawyers – Heidi G. Villari, The Villari Firm
Heidi Villari founded and leads the Villari Firm in Philadelphia. Dedicated to personal injury cases, Villari has special expertise in complex cases and birth injuries. Her wins for clients are proven, including a $20 million settlement for a baby born with brain damage due to negligence. Villari’s experience allows her to be tough with defendants and compassionate with clients who have suffered serious injuries or even lost their babies through negligence.
Residents in Philadelphia and the surrounding area turn to the Villari Firm after birth injuries because of what Heide Villar has to offer clients:
- More than 20 years of experience advocating for personal and birth injury victims
- Wins for clients totaling more than $130 million
- Individual wins worth several million dollars
- Experience negotiating settlements and litigating in court to win jury awards.
- A free case review
- Contingency payment and no fees until the win
Philadelphia Law Office
If your child suffered birth injuries, you can reach the Villari Firm at their office in Philadelphia:
258 S. 11th Street
1st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
How Will a Philadelphia Birth Injury Lawyer Help Me?
The right lawyer can be your adviser, guide, advocate, and representative in any actions you take. Medical malpractice cases are complicated, and birth injuries even more so. You need an expert, someone who has worked on these cases before, to help. A Philadelphia birth injury lawyer or firm can do several things for you and your child:
- Provide a free review of your case
- Explain your options, so you can make an informed decision about what to do
- Advise you as to the best action to take
- Represent you in talks with the negligent doctor’s or hospital’s lawyers and insurance companies
- Negotiate a settlement that will cover your child’s medical expenses now and in the future
- Litigate in court if the defendants refuse to settle for a fair amount
- Maximize the damages you recover, identifying expenses you hadn’t considered yet
- Take care of legal and financial issues so that you can focus on care for your child and your own recovery
Avoid any lawyer or firm that charges you a fee for an evaluation of your case. Also, avoid those that don’t offer contingency payment to take your case. This indicates they don’t actually have the resources to investigate and litigate.
Examples of Philadelphia Birth Injury Lawyer Wins
These examples of what Philadelphia lawyers have done for their clients should be inspiring. Prior cases cannot provide a guarantee for how your case will end, but they are useful in showing you what might be possible.
If you’re hesitant to take action, consider these families, and how their lawyers helped them:
- $32.8 Million Jury Award for Cerebral Palsy. Lily Ciechoski of North Coventry has severe disabilities and spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy due to the negligence of two nurses at Phoenixville Hospital. While her mother was in labor, the nurses failed to notify doctors of an abnormal heart rate. The delay of nearly 15 minutes left Lily with brain damage. The jury award for her lifetime care and non-economic damages is one of the largest ever for Chester County.[1]
- $4 Million Jury Award for Brain Damage. In nearby Lehigh County, Chloe McCarthy suffered brain damage resulting in mild cerebral palsy because of a doctor’s negligence. Erin McCarthy experienced stalled labor at Lehigh Valley Hospital for almost eight hours. The jury agreed that her doctor negligently delayed performing a C-section and that this contributed to Chloe’s neurological injury.[2]
- $55 Million Jury Award for Delayed C-Section. Also in Lehigh County, a Philadelphia firm successfully argued that doctors negligently delayed a C-section for Sharon Petrosky Crowell at St. Luke’s University Hospital. Her son, Matthew Crowell, became stuck in the birth canal, necessitating emergency surgery. The lawyers argued that complications showed they should have performed the C-section earlier. Matthew now has cerebral palsy.[3]
These and other birth injury cases show just how devastating a doctor’s or nurse’s mistakes can be. If your child suffered in this way, the responsible parties should be held accountable. Philadelphia birth injury lawyers can help you do this and also ensure you get the compensation your child needs.