Ohio Birth Injury Law
Obtaining compensation for medical malpractice
Attorneys at Anderson Law Offices explains birth injury law in Ohio to parents whose children suffer from various birth-related conditions, including cerebral palsy and Erb’s palsy. Our attorneys will examine the details of your case and gather the evidence to support your claim. Our goal is securing compensation for the client so that their children may have a better chance at living a normal life.
If your baby suffered a birth injury that may have been avoidable, contact our firm to learn about birth injury laws in Ohio.
Our attorneys can help with understanding Ohio birth injury law, including:
- Common Birth Injuries
- Brachial Plexus
- Cerebral Palsy
- Types of Cerebral Palsy
- Erb's Palsy
- Understanding Your Options in the Event of an Injury
Filing a birth injury lawsuit
Birth injury lawsuits fall under the more general categories of medical malpractice and personal injury law. When you file a birth injury lawsuit, you must prove that your healthcare provider—for example, an obstetrician or a doctor—was responsible for injuries that your newborn suffered during childbirth. This can involve a physician failing to make the appropriate decision or take the appropriate action during the delivery or, it can also include the precautions that were not taken and the diagnoses that were never given.
According to birth injury laws in Ohio, the person filing a malpractice lawsuit must be able to demonstrate four conditions:
- That the medical professional had a legal duty to perform at a certain standard
- That the standard of care, as it is supposed to be practiced by the medical community, was not
- That the deviation from the standard of care was the direct cause of the injury
- That the injury caused damages (financial or emotional)
Under Ohio birth injury law, a lawsuit must be filed within one year of the discovery of the injury. As medical malpractice attorneys, we will ask: could your child’s injury have been avoided? If the answer is yes, we will commit ourselves to building a strong case in order to get the compensation that you and your child deserve.
