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When a medical mistake leaves your newborn suffering from seizures, oxygen deprivation, nerve damage, or a sudden fight for life in the NICU, you deserve real answers—not hospital excuses. We step in immediately to secure the medical records, identify where your medical team may have fallen short, and fight to secure the lifelong financial support your child needs.
Birth injury law involves examining whether a healthcare provider failed to meet the accepted medical standard of care and whether that failure caused or worsened the injury. A difficult delivery or serious diagnosis does not prove negligence. The answer may depend on fetal heart-rate tracings, medication records, labor notes, operative reports, cord-blood results, resuscitation records, newborn assessments, imaging, and review by qualified medical experts.
We know you are already completely overwhelmed by pediatrician appointments, therapy sessions, and calls with insurance companies. From our office on West Kennedy Boulevard, our team takes the legal burden entirely off your shoulders so you can focus on caring for your baby. We handle the fight; you handle your family.
We don’t just sit back and organize paperwork. We launch immediate, thorough investigations to identify what happened in the delivery room and hold negligent medical providers accountable for your child’s lifelong care. Contact us for a free consultation about your child’s medical history and your family’s legal options.
How It Works
No Upfront Fees
You do not pay an upfront attorney fee for us to evaluate your child’s birth injury claim. We work on a contingency-fee basis, so your family does not take on hourly legal bills or a retainer.
We Advance All Case Costs
Birth injury cases may require medical records, specialist reviews, depositions, medical illustrations, and life-care planning. We advance approved case expenses while your family focuses on your child’s treatment and daily needs.
Pay Only If We Win
You owe no attorney fee unless we recover compensation for your family. Fees and case costs are explained clearly during your consultation. Our Tampa legal team is available 24/7.
Why Choose Ligori & Ligori for Your Birth Injury Case in Tampa, FL?
A birth injury case requires more than a diagnosis. The medical records must help show what happened, how the medical team responded, and whether a preventable error may have caused or worsened the child’s condition.
Our trial attorneys thoroughly collect and analyze prenatal records, fetal-monitoring strips, medication logs, and resuscitation records. We immediately deploy top medical specialists to investigate closely and identify where the medical standard of care may have fallen short.
We also consider the child’s long-term needs. Conditions such as cerebral palsy, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, and brachial plexus injuries may affect mobility, communication, education, and independence. A life-care plan may address therapy, medical equipment, attendant care, transportation, and home modifications.
Hospital systems and insurers often have significant legal resources on their side. Keith Ligori, Meaghann Ligori, and our local team stand up to major Tampa hospital systems to pursue transparency and hold negligent providers accountable.
One Search for “Birth Injury Attorneys Near Me” Brings Experience in These Practice Areas
Our Tampa legal team, including Keith Ligori, Meaghann Ligori, and our experienced staff, handles serious injury and medical negligence matters involving:
- Birth injuries
- Medical malpractice
- Cerebral palsy and neurological injuries
- Brain injuries
- Injuries to children
- Catastrophic injuries
- Failure to diagnose
- Wrongful death
- Long-term care and life-care planning
We work to identify the financial resources injured children require. We bring in independent specialists, preserve the evidence before it can be altered, and prepare every case as though it may go to trial.
Frequently Asked Questions About Birth Injury Claims in Tampa, FL
How do I know whether my child’s condition may have resulted from a birth injury?
A serious diagnosis does not automatically mean a medical error occurred. A birth injury attorney may review prenatal records, fetal-monitoring strips, medications, delivery notes, operative reports, resuscitation records, imaging, newborn assessments, and developmental findings.
The review focuses on when the injury likely occurred, whether warning signs were present, how the medical team responded, and whether a preventable departure from accepted care may have contributed. Conditions such as cerebral palsy, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, nerve damage, seizures, or developmental delays may warrant closer investigation, but each case depends on its medical facts.
How long do I have to file a birth injury claim in Florida?
Florida medical negligence claims have strict deadlines, but the correct filing period cannot be determined from the child’s age alone. The date the injury was discovered, when it reasonably should have been discovered, the identities of the potential defendants, and other facts may affect the deadline.
Florida also requires a reasonable investigation, supporting medical review, and formal presuit procedures before a medical negligence lawsuit can be filed. These steps take time. Parents should speak with an attorney promptly so records can be preserved, expert review can begin, and the applicable deadlines can be evaluated.
What is the difference between a NICA claim and a birth injury lawsuit?
The Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan is a no-fault program for a limited category of qualifying brain or spinal cord injuries caused by oxygen deprivation or mechanical injury during labor, delivery, or immediate resuscitation. Eligibility may depend on the nature and timing of the injury, the child’s condition, birth-weight requirements, provider participation, and other statutory criteria.
A NICA petition is different from a medical malpractice lawsuit. Eligibility is decided through an administrative process, and NICA may be the exclusive remedy when a claim falls within the program. If the injury does not qualify, a family may still need an attorney to evaluate whether a medical negligence claim may proceed under Chapter 766 of the Florida Statutes.
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Where to Find Us in Tampa
Tampa Office
1711 West Kennedy Blvd. 3rd Floor
Tampa, FL 33606
Our legal team proudly represents families throughout Tampa and Hillsborough County, including:
- Downtown Tampa
- Bayshore Boulevard
- Hyde Park
- South Tampa
- Westshore
- Midtown Tampa
- Ybor City
- Seminole Heights
- Carrollwood
- New Tampa
- Brandon
- Riverview
- Temple Terrace
Birth Injury Claims We Handle
Stop Searching for a Birth Injury Lawyer Near Me. Call Us First!
Parents often contact us while waiting for test results, arranging therapy, or trying to understand why their child needs ongoing care. You do not need to know whether the case belongs in the NICA system or qualifies as a medical negligence lawsuit before requesting a consultation.
If your child was injured at birth, don’t wait to protect your family’s rights. Call us directly on our cell right now to put a dedicated, compassionate, and local trial team in your corner before critical medical timelines are missed.
Contact our West Kennedy Boulevard office for a free consultation. We advance approved case costs, charge no upfront attorney fee, and are available 24/7.
You pay no attorney fee unless we recover compensation for your family.
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