Question 1

Why Should You Choose Wilshire Law Firm for Your Los Angeles Birth Injury Case?

Accepted Answer

Wilshire Law Firm is an award-winning, nationally recognized team with deep experience in birth injury and medical malpractice claims. Our attorneys investigate what happened in the delivery room, retain qualified medical experts, and handle every conversation with the hospital and its insurers so your family can focus on your child. We guide you through each step with compassion and clarity, and there are no fees unless you get paid.

Question 2

What Is a Birth Injury?

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A birth injury is harm suffered by a newborn during pregnancy, labor, or delivery, often caused by medical negligence. Common contributing factors include the improper use of delivery tools such as forceps or vacuum extractors, failure to monitor or respond to fetal distress, delayed or missed cesarean sections, and medication errors. When a provider fails to meet the accepted standard of care and a baby is harmed as a result, that may form the basis of a claim.

Question 3

What Types of Birth Injuries Does Wilshire Law Firm Handle?

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Our Los Angeles attorneys handle the full range of birth injuries, from temporary conditions to permanent, life-altering harm. Cases we commonly review include cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy and other brachial plexus nerve injuries, brain damage from oxygen deprivation (hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy), broken bones, and developmental delays caused by delivery trauma. Because many of these conditions require lifelong care, a legal professional can help you understand the long-term losses involved during a free case review.

Question 4

How Can a Los Angeles Birth Injury Lawyer Help Your Family?

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A birth injury lawyer builds the evidence needed to prove medical negligence and to value your child's future needs. Our team obtains and reviews the complete medical records, consults with obstetric and neonatal experts, identifies each responsible party, and pursues compensation for medical expenses, ongoing therapy and care, assistive equipment, and related losses. We handle the litigation so you can care for your child. Related help: child injury cases and catastrophic injury cases.

Question 5

How Long Do You Have to File a Birth Injury Claim in California?

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Birth injury claims are a form of medical malpractice, and California generally applies a special deadline for minors under California Code of Civil Procedure §340.5. In most cases, an action for a child's injury must be filed within three years of the date of the alleged malpractice — but for a child under the age of six, the claim may generally be brought up to the child's eighth birthday, whichever period is longer. Because these deadlines are strict and fact-specific, and claims involving public hospitals can have much shorter notice requirements, it's best to speak with a legal professional early.

Question 6

Where would a Los Angeles birth injury case be filed?

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A birth injury lawsuit arising in Los Angeles is generally filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, with civil matters commonly heard at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. Los Angeles has one of the largest concentrations of hospitals and delivery centers in the state, which shapes where care — and any negligence — took place.

Question 7

How long does a family have to file a birth injury claim in Los Angeles?

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Because birth injuries are medical-malpractice claims, they follow California Code of Civil Procedure § 340.5 rather than the ordinary injury deadline — generally one year from discovery or three years from the injury, whichever is first, with special provisions for young children. If a public or county hospital was involved, a written government claim is generally due within six months. Confirm your exact deadline promptly.

Question 8

What does proving a Los Angeles birth injury case involve?

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These cases turn on showing that a provider failed to meet the accepted standard of care and that the failure harmed the child. Attorneys obtain the complete prenatal, labor, and delivery records, work with medical experts to review fetal-monitoring strips and delivery decisions, and document the child's future medical and developmental needs.

Question 9

What damages can a family recover in a birth injury case?

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Families can generally pursue economic damages — lifetime medical care, therapy, assistive equipment, and lost earning capacity — as well as non-economic damages for the child's pain and the family's loss. Under MICRA, non-economic damages in medical-malpractice cases are capped, though economic damages generally are not. Learn more about how contingency fees work. If your child suffered a brain injury, our Los Angeles brain injury lawyers can also help.

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