Roswell Fetal Death Lawyer

Roswell Fetal Death Attorney

When a family loses a child solely because of a preventable medical mistake, it’s heartbreaking. No family should have to experience this kind of loss. It can be hard to know what steps to take and where to turn for help. Thankfully, an experienced Roswell fetal death lawyer provides reliable legal assistance.

About Us

When you partner with The Tolson Firm, LLC, our experienced Roswell medical malpractice lawyers have helped families pursue compensation after the devastating loss of a child. While we know money won’t bring back your loved one, it helps provide closure and hold at-fault parties accountable. Local families rely on facilities like Wellstar North Fulton Medical Center for quality maternity care. However, mistakes have devastating outcomes.

Led by proud black attorney Audrey Tolson, we are here when you need us most. We have handled a wide variety of medical negligence and wrongful death claims. We advocate for parents across the Peach State after avoidable fetal deaths. From Cross Point to Arnold Mill, we provide high-caliber legal support.

Medical Negligence

Parents across Fulton County, Georgia, should be able to trust their healthcare providers to provide exceptional medical care. If a provider fails to follow the required standard of care, a preventable fetal death can unfortunately occur.

In general, this country has far too many instances of preventable medical mistakes. Between 2020 and 2024, there were over 250,000 reports of medical malpractice nationwide. The CDC reports that over 80% of all pregnancy-related fatalities are likely preventable.

Sadly, Georgia saw 141 pregnancy-related fatalities from 2020 to 2022, and approximately 87% of these deaths were preventable. When healthcare professionals fall short, they should be held accountable. Fortunately, you can hire an attorney who understands Georgia personal injury law and how to get justice.

The Role of Experts in a Fetal Death Claim

In a Georgia fetal death claim, your attorney may consult with a trusted medical expert for a variety of reasons. Expert witnesses play a key role in supporting your case and ensuring your claim complies with Georgia’s personal injury law. Your attorney may consult with an expert to: 

• Clarify medical concepts. Experts like obstetricians help to translate complicated medical procedures, records, and fetal monitoring into understandable terms for judges and juries.
• Establish the standard of care. An expert is often required to testify about the accepted medical standards for care in the specific situation. An expert can help explain to a judge or a jury how your healthcare provider’s actions or inactions failed to meet these standards and how another healthcare provider would have made different decisions in the same set of circumstances.
• Prove negligence. Your attorney may consult an expert for an opinion about whether your healthcare provider’s conduct was negligent. The expert can opine whether their negligence directly caused the fetal death.
• Explain causation. An expert’s testimony is crucial for linking the alleged medical malpractice to the fatal outcome. This is important to show a direct connection between your healthcare provider’s breach of their owed duty and the fetal death.
• Fulfill Georgia’s Legal Requirement. Under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-9.1, an expert witness affidavit must accompany a medical malpractice complaint in Georgia in order to proceed to court.

Your attorney understands the key role an expert plays in building a compelling case and may consult with a wide variety of experts, as necessary. Your attorney can decide when to file a malpractice claim and how much your claim is worth.

Hire a Fetal Death Lawyer

You typically only have a limited period to pursue a fetal death claim to recover for your funeral expenses, medical costs, emotional distress, and other damages. Contact an attorney to discuss your available legal options. An experienced attorney can hold all potentially responsible parties responsible and prevent future tragedies from happening again to other families.

FAQs

What Parties Could Be Responsible for a Fetal Death in Georgia?

There are many different parties that could be responsible for a fetal death in Roswell, Georgia. This includes individual healthcare providers like doctors, OB/GYNs, nurses, anesthesiologists, hospitals, birthing facilities, consultants, and manufacturers of defective products if their negligence or recklessness caused the preventable death. To prove liability, your lawyer investigates and collects evidence like medical records and fetal monitoring strips. They may consult experts to establish that a failure to meet the standard of care led to the fetal death.

How Do Attorneys Find Potential Experts?

Attorneys typically find potential experts by using professional referral services, expert directories, and networking with other lawyers and professionals. They may search for authors in relevant fields or speakers at conferences. They check academic institutions and review past cases for successful experts they’ve worked with before. They may use paid online legal research services or network on professional social media sites like LinkedIn. They have many ways to find reliable experts to build a compelling fetal death case.

Why Should I Consider Hiring a Fetal Death Attorney?

You should consider hiring a fetal death attorney for a multitude of reasons. They can help prove medical malpractice caused the loss of your unborn child. They help you recover financial compensation for damages and funeral expenses. An attorney investigates what happened and gathers crucial evidence. Plus, they help you find justice and get closure during a difficult time. They hold negligent healthcare providers accountable.

Why Does Falling Below the Standard of Care Cause Fetal Death?

Falling below the standard of care can cause a fetal death because failing to provide appropriate care is serious and can result in tragic outcomes. Medical professionals have an obligation to uphold specific standards to benefit their patients. When this fails, they could be held responsible. To understand if there was a failure in care in your case, speak with your attorney about the specific details of your case.

Roswell Fetal Death Lawyer

Hire a fetal death lawyer at The Tolson Firm, LLC, right away. Founding attorney Audrey Tolson and her team are ready to zealously advocate for your family and compassionately answer your questions. Contact us for a free case evaluation to discuss next steps. Let us put our knowledge and experience to work for you.