When they found out that she was pregnant, it was a dream come true. After four years, they had begun to consider adoption. Her migraines had even become less of a problem after she started taking Topamax. It was a happy but uneventful pregnancy. Then everything changed.
Their son was born with a cleft lip and palate. They had heard of this birth defect, but had never seen a child deformed in this way. The more they learned about it, the worse it became. He would have a lot of trouble eating. Talking would be difficult. There would be multiple surgeries; the first surgery would be performed while he was still a baby. The doctors said that he might have a lot of trouble with infections, especially ear infections. The parents felt responsible; what had they done wrong to condemn their own child to all of this suffering? How were they even going to be able to pay for everything that would be needed? They had insurance, but it didn’t sound as though it would cover everything that was going to be needed.
One of the uncles said that he had heard about Topamax causing birth defects in another baby. It was time to go talk to an attorney who knew about defective drugs. Their child had been harmed horribly and they were determined to fight for everything he would need. It seemed that the more they learned, the more problems and pain their son would have to deal with. They didn’t know if the pharmaceutical company had rushed the drug into production, but were going to find out.
The team at Cain Law Office devotes their talents and experience to obtaining compensation for those who have been injured. Attorney Monty L. Cain is a Defective Drug Attorney in Edmond, OK and a native Oklahoman. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the Oklahoma City University of Law and was granted the American Jurisprudence Award. Mr. Cain also is experienced as a trucking accident attorney. He has been a member of the Oklahoma Bar since 1995 and practices in all Oklahoma state courts, the U.S. Western District Court of Oklahoma and the U.S. Tenth District Court of Appeals. Attorney Cain has also won appeals before the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Oklahoma Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Court of Appeals.
