Texas Cleft Palate Lawsuit
Cleft Palate is a common birth defect in which the roof of the mouth is separated by a gap. It often interferes with speech, feeding, and swallowing, and requires surgical repair. Recent evidence links the maternal use of medications such...
Texas Cleft Lip Lawsuit
Cleft Lip is a congenital birth defect in which the baby's upper lip is separated by a gap. Surgery is required to correct this defect and reduce the chance of complications affecting feeding, speech impariment, and self-esteem problems related to...
FDA Safety Advisory for Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn | Texas PPHN Lawsuit
On December 14, 2011, the FDA issued a new safety advisory regarding the link between SSRI antidepressant medicine and Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN). There is a growing body of evidence linking the maternal use of antidepressants to...
Texas Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN) Lawsuit
Did you take an antidepressant or a SSRI while you were pregnant? Did you have a baby with Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN) or other birth defect? You may want to contact a PPHN lawyer, because you may...
Texas Craniosynostosis Lawsuit
Craniosynostosis is a birth defect affecting the skull or brain development, in which the sutures between the bone-plates fuse prematurely, and the child is born with a misshapen or abnormally small head. Surgery may be possible to relieve pressure and...
Texas Congenital Hand Deformity Lawsuit
A Congenital Hand Deformity is a difference in the way a child’s hand develops, and may include extra fingers, webbed digits, connected fingers, missing fingers, or extra large fingers. Hand deformities may negatively impact a child’s self-esteem, ability to socialize,...
Texas Hydranencephaly Lawsuit
Hydranencephaly is a deadly birth defect of the brain, in which fluid-filled sacs form instead of brain matter. A child born with hydranencephaly is not expected to live for more than one year, and there is no treatment. Certain drugs,...
Texas Anencephaly Lawsuit
Anencephaly is a deadly neural tube birth defect, in which the baby's brain and skull fail to develop. There is no cure for anencephaly. It develops during the first month of pregnancy, before most women knows she is pregnant, and...
Texas Neural Tube Defect Lawsuit
A Neural Tube Defect is a birth defect that develops very early in fetal development, when the protective covering of the spinal cord does not close completely. For babies born with severe neural tube defects, they suffer permanent paralysis, and...
Texas Congenital Heart Defect Lawsuit
Congenital Heart Defects are the most common type of birth defect. Defects may include blockages, holes in the heart, or underdeveloped pumping chambers. Severe heart defects may require cardiac transplant or surgery to save the child's life. The congenital heart...