Michigan Birth Injury Lawyer

Few injuries are harder than one to a newborn that should never have happened. A birth injury is preventable harm to a baby or mother caused by negligent medical care during pregnancy, labor, or delivery — not the ordinary risks every birth carries. When a provider fails to do what a careful provider would have done, and a child or mother is hurt as a result, Michigan law allows a claim.

Examples of negligent birth injuries

• Failure to monitor or respond to fetal distress, leading to oxygen deprivation and brain injury (including some cases of cerebral palsy).
• Delayed or mismanaged C-sections when the warning signs called for faster action.
• Improper use of forceps or a vacuum extractor, or mishandling of shoulder dystocia (a cause of Erb's palsy and nerve damage).
• Failure to diagnose or treat maternal conditions like preeclampsia, infection, or hemorrhage that put mother and baby at risk.

Birth-injury cases often carry lifelong consequences and the medical, therapy, and care costs that come with them — which is exactly why they deserve a careful investigation rather than a quick assumption that nothing could have been done.

These claims follow Michigan's medical-malpractice rules — the pre-suit notice, the affidavit of merit, and the filing deadlines. We work with obstetric and pediatric experts to evaluate what happened. Talk to us confidentially about your family's situation.