Cerebral Palsy Attorney Colorado Springs

Legal Guidance For Families Facing Cerebral Palsy

A cerebral palsy diagnosis can reshape your child’s future and create immediate demands on your family, including ongoing medical care, therapy schedules, and added expenses. It’s also common to question whether something during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or newborn care contributed to the outcome.

helps families evaluate whether medical malpractice may have played a role in a child’s cerebral palsy and what legal options may exist. Based in Colorado Springs, the firm offers free, no-obligation consultations to review what happened, explain options clearly, and help you decide whether working with a cerebral palsy attorney makes sense for your family.

Talk with a cerebral palsy attorney in Colorado Springs about what happened and what options may be available for your family. Contact for a free consultation focused on answers, clarity, and next steps.

Why Families Turn To Our Firm

When Cerebral Palsy May Involve Negligence

Cerebral palsy affects movement, muscle tone, and posture, and is typically caused by a brain injury to a developing brain before birth, during labor and delivery, or shortly after birth, sometimes as a birth injury. Some cases are not preventable, but others may involve avoidable problems such as reduced oxygen or blood flow, untreated infection, or delayed recognition of newborn complications.

Negligence may be a concern when providers fail to monitor and respond to distress, delay treatment during delivery complications, or do not properly evaluate warning signs after birth. A legal review is often warranted after events like prolonged oxygen deprivation or delayed response to abnormal fetal heart rate patterns, signs of infection, severe jaundice, seizures, conflicting explanations from providers, or indications that key information was withheld or changed.

How We Help Colorado Springs Families

Families who contact us are often balancing intensive medical care with uncertainty about what happened and what to do next. We begin by listening to your account of the pregnancy, delivery, and early medical history, then gather and review records to analyze timelines, provider decisions, and clinical findings. When appropriate, we consult qualified medical resources to understand whether the care met accepted standards and whether further legal investigation is justified.

If a viable claim may exist, we explain Colorado medical negligence options, applicable time limits, and what pursuing a case in the El Paso County courts could involve. We maintain consistent communication, answer questions in plain language, and outline how compensation claims may address long-term needs such as medical care, therapy, adaptive equipment, and home support. The goal is to help families move forward with clear information and realistic expectations.

What To Do If You Suspect Negligence

• Collect any records already on hand (prenatal care, labor and delivery, NICU/newborn notes, discharge paperwork, provider summaries).
• Write a timeline while details are fresh (key events, who was present, what was said, when decisions were made).
• Organize your child’s medical history (diagnoses, imaging or test results, specialist visits, therapy plans, major evaluations).
• Save documentation of ongoing needs and costs (therapy schedules, equipment, home-care support, travel, time missed from work).
• Avoid signing broad medical releases or giving detailed statements to insurers or hospital representatives until legal advice is received.
• Schedule a free consultation to review the facts, ask questions, and understand possible next steps with a cerebral palsy lawyer in Colorado Springs.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I know if my child’s cerebral palsy was caused by medical negligence?

You usually cannot know this on your own. Determining negligence requires careful review of medical records, timelines, and the care provided. During a consultation, we listen to your account, examine available records, and advise whether further investigation with our attorneys makes sense for your family.

Will pursuing a cerebral palsy case affect my child’s ongoing medical care?

Bringing a legal claim does not automatically change your child’s medical care. Many families continue with their current doctors while a case is evaluated. We discuss your specific providers, any concerns you have, and how a claim in Colorado might interact with your ongoing treatment relationships.

What will it cost to hire your firm for a cerebral palsy case?

We offer free, no-obligation consultations so you can speak with us at no initial cost. If our firm accepts your case, there are no upfront attorney fees. We explain our fee structure during your consultation so you understand when and how fees would apply before deciding how to proceed.

What should I bring to our first meeting about my child’s case?

It is helpful to bring any medical records you already have, notes about your pregnancy and delivery, and information about your child’s diagnoses and therapies. If you do not have everything, that is fine. We can still talk through what you remember and identify which records to request.

How will your attorneys keep my family informed during the case?

Our firm places a strong emphasis on communication. If we move forward together, we keep you updated on key developments, explain what each stage means, and respond to your questions. You will have access to our team, and we work to ensure you never feel left in the dark about your child’s case.

Talk With Our Team Today

You do not have to have every detail sorted out before reaching out for help. If your child has cerebral palsy and you are questioning whether medical negligence played a role, speaking with our attorneys can bring clarity and help you understand your options.

At Gaddis, Herd, Craw & Adams, P.C., we draw on decades of experience representing individuals and families in Colorado Springs and across the state. Our client-centered approach, strong communication, and recognition in Best Lawyers and US News Best Law Firms reflect our commitment to people facing serious challenges. A conversation with a cerebral palsy attorney can be a first step toward securing resources for your child’s future.

If you have questions about a possible cerebral palsy claim, you do not have to sort through it alone. Reach out to to schedule a confidential, no-obligation consultation and learn what path forward may make sense for your child.