California Mental Retardation Attorney

Birth Injury Lawyer Dr. Bruce Fagel

Mental retardation is the medical term referring to an individual whose brain operates below the normal standard, characterized by mild, moderate or severe impairment to cognitive brain function. Mental retardation may exist due to a genetic disorder or naturally occurring complications in the development of a child’s brain. However, serious birth injury or brain injury during delivery can also cause mental retardation.

Dr. Bruce G. Fagel is an experienced medical malpractice and negligence lawyer who is dedicated to helping parents whose child has suffered birth injuries due to negligence on the part of an obstetrician, doctor, nurse or medical facility. Mental retardation may mean that your child will require constant care and attention for the rest of his or her life. It may also mean that your child will be unable to lead a normal life, as you would hope for and expect if medical care had been appropriately provided when necessary.

By reviewing medical records and conducting a careful investigation of all circumstances involving the childbirth and the medical treatment that the mother and baby received, malpractice attorney Dr. Fagel can determine whether malpractice or negligence was to blame.

Mental Retardation and Children

Mental retardation may cause a number of developmental delays in a child. A child may take longer to learn to sit up, crawl and walk. He or she may learn to talk later than a child with normal cognitive abilities would. Some characteristics associated with mental retardation include the following:

• Memory problems
• Difficulty learning social skills and rules
• Difficulty solving problems
• Delays in language development
• Lack of social inhibitors
• Delays in developing self-care skills

California Medical Malpractice Lawyer

If your child suffers from mental retardation and you suspect this may have occurred due to medical malpractice or negligence, you have the right to seek help from a skilled lawyer. By consulting California birth injury lawyer Dr. Bruce Fagel immediately, you can find out what your options are and what choice is right for your child’s future. He can review your birth injury case to determine if a medical malpractice lawsuit is warranted.

Contact The Law Offices of Dr. Bruce G. Fagel & Associates today!