Birth Injuries

Birth Injury Lawyer in the Mat-Su Valley

Helping Families in Palmer, Anchorage, & All Surrounding Areas

When a baby is born with an injury, families are often given very little to go on. You may sense that something happened during pregnancy, labor, or delivery, but the how and the why can stay frustratingly out of reach. Some birth injuries resolve on their own; others trace back to a preventable medical error. Knowing which one you are dealing with is the first step toward real answers and compensation for any error that affected your child’s health.

Ben Whipple helps families across the Mat-Su Valley find those answers. We obtain complete prenatal and delivery records, reconstruct the timeline of care hour by hour, and review it with qualified medical professionals to determine whether a provider fell short of the accepted standard. When the evidence points to negligence, we pursue the responsible parties and the full cost of the care your child will need. When it does not, we tell you that plainly.

We offer free in-person and virtual consultations. If your child was injured during birth, a birth injury lawyer in Mat-Su Valley can review the records and help you understand your options for seeking compensation. Call (907) 745-1776 or contact us online.

Types of Birth Injuries

Birth injuries vary widely in their severity. Some are minor and temporary, healing within days or weeks. Others are serious and permanent, affecting a child for the rest of their life.

Many birth injuries come from the ordinary physical stress of a hard delivery and resolve on their own. Still, others trace back to a preventable mistake by the medical team, such as a slow response to signs that the baby is in distress or the careless use of forceps or a vacuum during delivery. Distinguishing an unavoidable injury from a preventable one takes a close reading of the mother's and child's medical records.

Some examples of birth injuries that lead to legal claims include:

Cerebral palsy. A disorder affecting movement and coordination, often linked to a loss of oxygen to the baby's brain during birth.
Brachial plexus injuries. Damage to the network of nerves controlling the arm and shoulder, sometimes caused when a baby's shoulder is stuck during delivery.
Oxygen deprivation. A shortage of oxygen to the baby that can cause lasting brain injury when the medical team does not catch and treat it quickly.
Bone fractures. Broken bones, most often the collarbone, that happen during a difficult delivery.
Facial nerve injuries. Damage to the facial nerves that affects movement on one side of the baby's face.

Not every birth injury is the result of negligence, and an honest review of the records will say so when the evidence does not support a claim. With more than three decades of practice and hundreds of injury cases behind us, our firm can help your family get a clear answer as to whether negligence led to your child’s birth injury.

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Signs of Birth Injury in Toddlers

While some birth injuries are obvious in the delivery room, others remain hidden until a child grows and begins missing expected developmental milestones. During the toddler years, the most common warning signs surface in how your child moves, communicates, and interacts with their environment.

Parents often notice delayed crawling or walking, unusually stiff or limp muscles, a strong preference for using just one hand, difficulty feeding, speech delays, or even seizures. By themselves, these symptoms do not necessarily indicate a medical mistake, as developmental delays can stem from a variety of natural causes.

Your most important first step is a thorough evaluation by a pediatrician. A doctor can guide you toward the right testing and therapies while also creating a clear medical record, which becomes vital evidence if you eventually need to investigate a legal claim.

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Statute of Limitations for Birth Injury Cases

The deadlines for birth injury claims in Alaska are more involved than the standard two-year limit that applies to adult personal injury cases.

Because the injured victim is a minor, Alaska law pauses the standard legal clock for birth injuries. This rule can extend the time you have to file a lawsuit well beyond the typical two years. However, a strict outer limit, the statute of repose, can permanently bar a claim regardless of the child's age, and various court decisions dictate how these exceptions apply. Complicating things further, parents frequently have their own related claims for medical expenses and financial losses, which usually follow the standard two-year deadline.

Navigating these overlapping legal deadlines is incredibly complex, and missing a cutoff is almost always irreversible. The safest approach is to have an attorney review your potential claim right away rather than assuming you have plenty of time. Birth injury cases require extensive investigation to gather records and secure expert medical opinions. We prepare every case for trial from day one, and we handle these claims on a contingency-fee basis. This means you only pay our attorney's fee if we successfully recover compensation in your case.

Understanding your family's options should not wait. A birth injury lawyer in Mat-Su Valley can help you begin your claim. To get started, call our office at Ben Whipple or contact us online.

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