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Birth injuries caused by medical negligence can have lifelong consequences for children and families across Lafayette and Acadiana. These are not random outcomes — they are often the result of medical professionals failing to monitor, respond, or act in time during labor and delivery. Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center and Our Lady of Lourdes Women's and Children's Hospital serve the delivery needs of families across Acadiana. When those deliveries go wrong because of medical negligence, families are often dismissed and told complications were unavoidable. Louisiana's Patient's Compensation Fund covers future medical expenses above $100,000 in malpractice cases — meaning a seriously injured child's lifetime care costs should be covered. TopDog fights to get every dollar your child deserves.
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center and Our Lady of Lourdes Women's and Children's Hospital serve the communities where our clients live and deliver babies across Acadiana. We know these facilities and how to hold them accountable when a birth goes wrong. Those failures cause real damage to children and their families and we fight to secure the future every child deserves.
Hospital systems and their insurers across Lafayette Parish use the mandatory medical review panel and procedural complexity to protect themselves. We know how to leverage the justice system in Lafayette Parish courts to fight back for your child's future.
IMPORTANT LOUISIANA LEGAL INFORMATION — BIRTH INJURY
Prescriptive Period: The Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act governs birth injury claims. Under La. Rev. Stat. § 9:5628(B), the prescriptive period applies to all persons, including minors and interdicts — there is no tolling for minority in medical malpractice cases in Louisiana. The deadline is 1 year from the date of the malpractice or 1 year from discovery, with a hard absolute 3-year deadline from the date of the malpractice.
Mandatory Medical Review Panel (Critical): A Medical Review Panel must be convened before any lawsuit can be filed. This process takes 12-24 months. The prescriptive period is suspended while the panel is pending. The panel must be initiated well before the apparent deadline.
Damage Cap: Total recovery capped at $500,000. Future medical care — which in birth injury cases can be very substantial — is paid by the Louisiana Patient's Compensation Fund and is NOT subject to the cap. Maximizing the future medical care component is essential.
Expert Testimony: Expert testimony from qualified OB/GYN and pediatric professionals is required.
This is a brief summary of commonly applied laws in the jurisdiction. There are often different laws that apply to different circumstances. Once you hire TopDog, your attorney will advise you on the applicable laws.
Hospital systems and their insurers use the mandatory review panel and Louisiana's damage cap framework to manage these cases. Louisiana's Patient's Compensation Fund covers future medical expenses above $100,000. TopDog Law and its co-counsel fight for the full recovery allowed under Louisiana law.
Birth Injury | $7,210,714 avg | $19,200,000+ highest
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Get medical attention and document everything — your health comes first. Keep records of every doctor visit, every bill, every day you missed work or could not do what you normally do.
Do not talk to insurance without us. They may use delay and denial tactics from the moment you pick up the phone. Anything you say can be used to reduce what you are owed. Let TopDog handle them.
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Louisiana's birth injury SOL framework involves minor tolling, a 3-year repose, and mandatory medical review panel initiation within the prescriptive period. Call us now for careful analysis.
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