Birth Injuries

Honolulu & Hawaii Birth Injury Attorney

What are commonly known as birth injuries may in fact occur as a result of circumstances at any stage of pregnancy, birth, and the infant's care after birth. Obstetricians, obstetrical nurses, medical technicians, and hospital personnel are responsible for following accepted standards of care throughout prenatal care, labor, delivery, and neonatal care.

When a baby is injured because someone in the birthing process was negligent, parents are advised to consult with a birth injury attorney to determine how that baby can be helped through legal action.

Contact a Hawaii birth injury attorney to schedule a free initial consultation. Take the time necessary to talk over the facts and circumstances of your baby's birth injury as you understand them. Learn about our law firm's track record of success on behalf of infants and families following birth related injuries.

Advocates for Babies Injured at Birth through Negligence of the Medical Establishment

At the Honolulu law offices of Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks, we have a heart for birth injury victims. We also have the experience, the professional drive, and the knowledge of how to prepare, present, and win a compelling case for proper and just compensation for a baby who must live with brain damage because a caregiver fell down on the job.

See news articles about birth injury cases that our law firm has successfully handled.

Attorney Rick Fried of Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks, was the lead counsel in a birth injury lawsuit that resulted in a record $16.5 million verdict against U.S. Army-run Tripler Medical Center in Honolulu in 2006. A baby born there in 2005 suffered irreparable brain damage after being given carbon dioxide rather than oxygen immediately following his otherwise normal Cesarean birth. Our office obtained a $9.4 million court judgment for birth injuries again in 2007.

Prominent Personal Injury Law Firm in Hawaii

Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks, is perhaps the most well-known plaintiff's law firm in Hawaii. We have handled many other high-profile injury cases, including many cases resulting in multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements.

Our 17 lawyers have repeatedly been recognized by their peers. They have served as presidents, directors and committee chairs of the Hawaii State Bar Association, and have been honored by Supreme Court appointments to important judiciary commissions and committees.

Most importantly, we have a long track record of success obtaining verdicts and settlements, providing new hope for our clients who have suffered serious losses because of the negligence of other responsible parties. We advocate vigorously on behalf of victims such as babies who suffered brain damage caused by preventable hypoxia during pregnancy, labor, or delivery, resulting in cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy, and a lifetime of disability.

Confidential Xerox worker shot in workplace mass murder

Confidential Child killed when boat hits whale

Confidential Financial services executive

Confidential Insurance industry executive

$1 billion State Tobacco litigation (consortium of Hawaii and mainland law firms)

$67 million Defective asbestos building material

$63 million Repair and replacement of asbestos building material in state buildings

$27.7 million Chevron gasoline tank fire kills two workers

$20 million Unsafe agricultural chemical

$20 million Chemical contamination of drinking water

$16.5 million Childbirth Malpractice

$13 million Paralysis in rear-end collision

$13 million Defective automobile design

$13 million Construction site fire burns workers

$13 million Paralysis in head-on collision

$12 million Defective agricultural chemical

$8 million Childbirth malpractice

$8 million Hospital error resulting in brain damage

$7 million Paralysis when hit by a truck

$6.5 million Highway construction accident

$6 million Head injury in trucking accident

$5.5 million Military hospital malpractice

$4.8 million Defective diet supplement

$4.8 million Prescription pill complication

$4.3 million Emergency Room malpractice

$4.3 million Defective prescription medicine

$4 million Improper spinal injury treatment

$3.5 million Tourist hit by delivery truck

$3.5 million Family rear-ended by truck

$3.5 million Private airplane crash

$3.4 million Hotel defect accident

$3-4 million University president (settlement depends on future benefit payments)

$3 million Singapore tramway accident

$3 million Defective military ordnance

$3 million Helicopter crash in South China Sea

$3 million Executive killed on business trip

$3 million Helicopter hit by missile

$3 million Failure to properly diagnose condition

$3 million Scenic tramway accident

$2.8 million Helicopter crash

$2.7 million Defective automobile design

$2.5 million Anesthesia malpractice

$2.5 million Bicycle accident with roadway defect

$2.5 million Bicycle collision with defective trailer

$2.3 million Dangerous medical vaccine

$2.1 million Plane crashes into hotel

$2 million Saipan airplane crash

$2 million Defective industrial equipment

$2 million Oil facility fire

$2 million Forklift accident on docks

$2 million Industrial plant equipment accident

$2 million Surgical malpractice

$2 million Manila Hotel fire

$2 million Pedestrian hit in crosswalk

$2 million Tourist hit by semi-truck

$2 million Collision of two trucks

$2 million Accident caused by racer

$2 million Seaplane crash

$1.8 million Long shore worker accident

$1.8 million Electrical malfunction

$1.7 million Decompression chamber incident

$1.5 million Massachusetts car accident

$1.4 million Scuba accident

$1.4 million Japanese citizen hit by crashing plane

$1.3 million Helicopter crash

$1.3 million Helicopter mechanical failure

$1.3 million Defective construction equipment

$1.3 million Sports equipment malfunction

$1.2 million Police helicopter crash

$1.2 million Defective sports equipment

$1.1 million Northern Marianas LPG gas fire

$1.1 million Defective vaccine

$1 million Swine Flu shot complication

$1 million Defective fireworks

$1 million Catamaran accident

$1 million Fireworks malfunction

$1 million Hot water heater accident

$850,000 Scuba diving accident

$800,000 Scuba lesson accident

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Tour bus company settles collision suit
4th March 2010 -- Star Bulletin

Family of woman killed by falling branch files suit
31st July 2009 -- Star Bulletin

Injured Biker Sues Tour Bus Company
05-15-2009 -- Honolulu Advertiser

Advertiser Veteran’s family gets $800,000
6th November, 2008 -- Honolulu Advertiser

Passion for tennis leads Fried, Keaunui to Hall
26th September, 2008 -- Honolulu Advertiser

Customs accused of faking records
10th September, 2008 -- Honolulu Advertiser

Parents file suit in death of baby
9th September, 2008 -- Honolulu Advertiser

Couple settles suit for $9.5 million
24th June, 2008 -- Honolulu Advertiser

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