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Cerebral Palsy Costs

The cost of raising a child with cerebral palsy (CP) is often substantial. For the average American, the cost of a disability is not affordable. Even if you can afford to raise your child (or adult child) with cerebral palsy, the financial burden may still be significant.

What is most unfair about this high cost is that parents of children with cerebral palsy did not cause or deserve to face such stressful expenses. In fact, a negligent medical provider may have caused your child's CP. Hire an attorney through the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance to fight for compensation that eases the financial burden of raising a disabled child.

Call the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance today at 888-894-9067 for a free consultation about leading your claim or lawsuit.

Your Child Is Not a Burden, But the Cost of Cerebral Palsy Can Be

Parents of children with cerebral palsy generally consider their child to be a gift. However, you can also recognize the immense challenges and heartaches that cerebral palsy causes.

You need to receive fair compensation for costs associated with your child's disability because:

The cost of cerebral palsy is significant: In most cases, cerebral palsy is a severe disorder. While the condition is not totally curable, treatment may ease your child's symptoms, so most parents are eager to provide their child with the care they need. This care is not free (nor are the other costs associated with cerebral palsy), and you should not underestimate the financial burdens that lie ahead.
Your child may face lifelong symptoms (so you may face lifelong costs): Because the condition is incurable, parents of children with cerebral palsy must account for lifelong costs. However, lifelong medical and non-medical expenses (as well as non-economic damages) are tough to project. This is one of many reasons to have a lawyer lead your case. Your attorney will work with sharp, experienced economists to ensure your settlement will cover the long-term costs of cerebral palsy.
Our legal system allows victims of negligence to get justice through financial recoveries: When an injustice like a birth injury occurs, there are only a few ways for you and your child to get justice. Filing an insurance claim or lawsuit is one of the most viable options for most parents of children with cerebral palsy. Your attorney from the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance will help you determine the right course of action.
You shouldn't face financial insecurity because of someone else's negligence: The cost of a serious disability can wipe out savings, prevent you from putting money aside from retirement, and cause a constant feeling of financial insecurity. Your legal team will work hard to secure compensation that spares you from the severe stress of being financially unstable.

When it comes to cerebral palsy settlements, it's equally important to consider both the child and the family. After all, this condition affects everyone, though everyone suffers in different ways. The lawyers in our network have worked with many families affected by cerebral palsy, and will demand compensation for all damages affecting you and your child.

Economic and Non-Economic Costs Associated with Cerebral Palsy

Every child with cerebral palsy experiences different symptoms, with muscle stiffness, learning difficulties, and lack of coordination being among the many possible symptoms your child faces. Possible damages in a cerebral palsy lawsuit include:

The Cost of Negligent Medical Care

Having to pay for negligent medical care that caused your child's birth injury feels like an insult to injury. You should not have to pay any medical provider who harmed your child. Your lawyer will account for the cost of past medical care when calculating your settlement value.

Your child may have a long list of medical needs, including:

Surgery
Hospitalization
Medications
Physical and occupational therapy
Speech therapy

Your attorney will speak with and obtain documentation from your child's doctors. Your lawyer will track their treatment and rehabilitation and calculate an accurate value for their medical care.

The Cost of Mental Health Services

Everyone can agree that raising a child with cerebral palsy is exhausting. While parents love their children deeply and find the same fulfillment and joy that all parents do, they must also see their children face frequent bouts of pain and many other symptoms.

Your attorney will seek fair compensation for:

Any therapy and other mental health-related services your child needs
Any mental health services you need

People are resilient, but the toll a child's disability takes on both the child and the parent can be debilitating. Attorneys will work to provide you with the financial means you need to pay for all necessary mental health treatment.

The Cost of Sheltering and Caring for an Adult with Cerebral Palsy

Conditions like cerebral palsy never fully heal. This means that the symptoms the person with CP experiences as a child will likely persist into adulthood.

This means the parents of someone with cerebral palsy may have to pay for:

Feeding their child through adulthood
Clothing their child through adulthood
Covering transportation for their adult child
Paying all other costs of living for their child

Any settlement or verdict you receive must reflect the long-term nature of your child's symptoms and associated expenses.

Any Professional Damages Parents Face

Parents of a disabled child often face a choice: Continue to work as they did before having their child or adjust their professional circumstances to spend more time with their child. If you face this choice and choose to alter your career, you may:

Lose income
Lose earning power
Lose benefits you received through your employer
Have unfulfilled professional ambitions
Face a range of other economic and non-economic difficulties as a result of changing professional circumstances

Many parents are happy to make such sacrifices for their child's well-being. However, that doesn't change the fact that you face these damages. Your attorneys will evaluate your professional damages and pursue fair compensation for you.

Caregiver Costs

Parents find many different ways to care for children with cerebral palsy. Two common options for parents include:

Caring for the child, which may require the parent to quit their job or adjust their career
Hiring a part-time or full-time caregiver
Some combination of these two options

Your child's caregiver needs may depend on the severity of their symptoms, financial circumstances, family circumstances, and professional circumstances. Your attorney will identify your child's long-term care needs and seek fair compensation for those costs.

Medical Equipment Costs

Because cerebral palsy affects the patient in significant physical ways, your child may need multiple types of medical equipment. This equipment may serve several purposes, including helping them engage in day-to-day tasks.

If you or your child face any other damages related to cerebral palsy, your lawyer will include those damages in your claim or lawsuit.

How to Seek Compensation for the Cost of Raising Your Child

Your child's health and your own well-being should be all you are focusing on right now. Combined with unavoidable day-to-day responsibilities, your lawyer can't imagine you have the time or energy to handle much more than these priorities.

Because it's likely that your hands are full, allow an attorney to fight for compensation for cerebral palsy costs. Parents turn to attorneys for help with insurance claims and lawsuits because:

Lawyers Have Relationships with Cerebral Palsy-Specific Experts

The success of your cerebral palsy claim or lawsuit will depend on every detail of your case, including the strength of expert testimony.

Experienced cerebral palsy lawyers often hire:

Medical experts (including physicians)
Economists (who can help project the long-term cost of disability-related expenses)
Mental health experts with experience treating those with (and parents of those with) cerebral palsy

Your lawyer will hire such experts without charging you directly.

Attorneys Can Pursue Any Path to Your Financial Recovery (Including a Lawsuit)

You may receive compensation for your damages through an insurance claim or lawsuit. Having a lawyer on your side will be helpful regardless of which path you choose. That said, a lawyer can particularly help with lawsuits.

Once you hire a lawyer, all options immediately become available, including going to trial.

Having a Lawyer Will Protect You and Your Child from Avoidable Stress

As debilitating as the physical symptoms of cerebral palsy are, the emotional and psychological toll of CP can be just as severe. Having a lawyer handle your cerebral palsy claim or lawsuit means:

Having the time you need to care for your child
Having more time to seek mental health treatment for yourself
Not facing the distressing details that most medical malpractice cases involve (including a rehashing of how your child's injuries happened)
Not shouldering the many demands of a claim or lawsuit, which can be stressful in their own right

An attorney will protect you, guide you, and be available to address all your questions and concerns.

If You Sue a Medical Provider, Expect a Fight

There's a significant chance that one or more medical providers are responsible for your child's cerebral palsy. Your lawyer may need to sue a doctor, hospital, or other medical entity. While our attorney network is undaunted by this mandate, you should know that:

Medical providers know that malpractice lawsuits can occur at any time, so they are usually prepared to fight them
Medical providers often have robust insurance, which is a layer of protection against financial liability
Insurance companies also typically fight medical malpractice claims

Because medical providers often have significant resources at their disposal, they often have capable insurance companies and lawyers on their side. You should also have capable representation so you're not behind the eight ball.

A Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Will Fight for You and Your Child's Financial Security

The attorneys in our network believe strongly that they offer strong value to our clients. The fact that you can focus on your child rather than your claim or lawsuit is priceless. Your lawyer also provide legal services that you will otherwise have to perform on your own, including:

Proving That Medical Malpractice Caused Your Child's Injuries

Whether you file a claim or a lawsuit, your lawyer needs to prove that someone's negligence caused your child's cerebral palsy. Your attorney will work to prove medical malpractice by:

Securing statements of fault from liable parties
Securing testimony from medical experts and other qualified experts
Obtaining and analyzing medical records

Evidence varies from case to case. Your lawyers will use all available evidence and resources to prove the link between medical malpractice and your child's cerebral palsy.

Documenting the Damages Your Child and You Have Suffered

Your lawyer must prove that medical malpractice has caused identifiable harm to you and your child. Evidence of your damages may include:

Mental health experts' testimony of your child's and your own pain and suffering
Medical bills related to your child's cerebral palsy
Invoices for caregiver services, medical equipment, and other items and services related to CP
Your own testimony about how your child's birth injury has caused them pain and affected your quality of life

Every detail matters when your lawyer explains the toll cerebral palsy has taken on you and your child.

Leading Settlement Negotiations

Your lawyer will explore whether liable parties are willing to pay for their negligence. Your cerebral palsy lawyer will have evidence of malpractice, documentation of your damages, and all other relevant materials when conducting settlement negotiations.

If your lawyer needs to file a lawsuit or even go to trial for you and your child, that's exactly what they will do.

Discuss Your Child's Potential Birth Injury With the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance Now

Call the Cerebral Palsy Lawyer Alliance today at 888-894-9067 for a free consultation about leading your claim or lawsuit. Don't let medical providers' failures go unchecked. Contact our team and let us advocate for you and your child's rights. Do not wait, as there are often deadlines for filing cases like yours.