Birth Injuries Lawyer in Dallas
When a Delivery Goes Wrong, You Deserve to Know Why
Serving Clients in Dallas County, Hidalgo County & Across the State of Texas
A birth injury changes everything for your child and for your family's future. Whether it happened because of a delayed C-section, a mismanaged delivery, or a mistake in the NICU afterward, you're left with the same questions: What happened? Could it have been prevented? And who is going to help you find out?
Cases involving labor and delivery errors, obstetrical negligence, or NICU negligence are among the most difficult in medical malpractice law to take on and win. The field is complicated.
Hospital records are extensive and often incomplete. The doctors and hospitals involved have experienced defense lawyers protecting them from the moment a claim is filed. Most personal injury firms don't take these cases at all. The ones that do often don't have the resources, or the willingness, to see them through.
When you work with the Law Office of Kelly Liebbe, whether in Dallas County, Hidalgo County, or across the state of Texas, you work with a firm focused entirely on birth injury claims. Kelly handles a case from start to finish and has the track record, skills, and determination needed to help you pursue answers, compensation, and justice.
Call (855) 650-3359 or reach us online to book a confidential consultation with Kelly, our Dallas birth injury attorney.
What Compensation May Be Available in Birth Injury Claims
Every birth injury case is different, and what a family may recover depends on the specific facts of the case, the severity of the injury, and the long-term needs it creates.
Economic damages cover the financial costs directly tied to the injury, such as past and future medical bills, therapy and rehabilitation, in-home or long-term care, medical equipment, and lost income or lost earning capacity for the child.
In Texas, these damages are not capped, which matters significantly in birth injury cases, since a child's care needs can extend for a lifetime.
Non-economic damages cover harder-to-quantify losses like pain and suffering and mental anguish. Texas law generally limits these damages to $250,000 per healthcare provider, with different limits when a hospital or healthcare institution is also involved. These limits apply regardless of how severe the injury is.
Because economic damages aren't capped, and because birth injury cases often involve a lifetime of care needs, an accurate case value depends heavily on documenting exactly what your child's care will cost, now and in the future. That's a central part of what Kelly does when she takes on a claim.
Understanding the Texas Statute of Limitations
Texas law generally gives families two years from the date of the injury, or from when the malpractice was discovered, to file a medical malpractice claim. But birth injury cases often work a little differently. When the injury involves a minor, Texas law allows additional time in some circumstances, though there are also outer limits on how long a claim can be pursued, regardless of when it's discovered. These rules can be difficult to untangle on your own, and they can vary depending on the specific facts of your child's case.
This isn't something we'd want you to guess at or piece together from what you've read online. If you're wondering whether time has run out on your family's case, the most reliable way to find out is to talk it through with Kelly directly. She can look at your specific timeline and let you know, honestly, where things stand and what options may still be available to you.
Why You Need the Law Office of Kelly Liebbe for Your Claim
Medical negligence claims involving birth injuries aren't like a car accident case. Proving what went wrong during labor and delivery requires understanding fetal heart monitoring, hospital protocols, and the standard of care a reasonable OB/GYN, nurse, or NICU team should have followed.
It also requires knowing when a bad outcome was unavoidable, and when it was the result of a preventable error.
