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In Texas, families can seek justice after an apartment shooting by filing a wrongful death claim. These civil lawsuits hold individuals, companies, or property owners accountable for causing or contributing to a person’s death. This type of legal claim is separate from criminal charges. While criminal cases focus on punishing the offender, a wrongful…

A birth injury can change the course of a child’s life and result in lifelong medical costs, developmental challenges, and intense emotional strain. If negligence caused your child’s birth injury, you may be entitled to pursue compensation through a medical malpractice claim. That compensation generally falls into two categories: economic damages and non-economic damages. …

Birth injury malpractice is a specific type of medical malpractice focused on negligent actions (or inaction) that harm a baby or mother during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or shortly after birth. Not every injury during childbirth is the result of medical negligence. However, some injuries arise because healthcare providers failed to meet the accepted standard…

Some birth injuries occur despite the best medical care, but others result from medical negligence before, during, or shortly after delivery. Medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare professional fails to provide the standard of care that another competent provider would have delivered under similar circumstances. In other words, it is a preventable error that…

When a child is born with an injury or medical condition, parents naturally wonder if a doctor or another medical professional may be responsible. To be sure, medical negligence is one of the leading causes of birth injuries and birth defects. These two conditions may sound the same, but they differ in cause, timing,…

Much like a new year, learning that you’re pregnant is a time full of wonder and excitement. A baby, despite their small size, changes almost everything. There’s a lot that goes into preparing for your little one, but really, the #1 concern for most parents is how to keep their baby healthy.

Hemiplegic cerebral palsy affects just one side of the body. That’s what the prefix “hemi” means. This type of cerebral palsy (CP) is a subtype of spastic CP, the most common form of cerebral palsy that accounts for about 70% of all cases. Understanding the differences between hemiplegic and hemiparetic cerebral palsy can help…

When your child is injured by a preventable mistake, you’re faced with an important decision. Which birth injury law firm will you call to help you take on your doctor (and their tightfisted insurance company?) We’ll even step out on a limb and say it’s one of the most important decisions you’ll make for…

Pregnancy is often described as a journey – but sometimes that journey takes an unexpected and dangerous turn. One of the most critical warning signs that something is wrong is fetal distress. This term refers to any indication that a baby may be struggling in the womb, often due to a lack of oxygen….

When you first see your newborn baby, your heart might “skip a beat”. But no one hopes their baby’s heart actually skips a beat. Abnormal heart rates, like fetal bradycardia, can be dangerous.  If you suspect that medical negligence may have caused your child’s injury, now is the time to act. At Hampton & King, we’ve…