Who can you sue for a birth injury?

The most frequent defendant in a birth injury lawsuit is the doctor who caused the injury through their own negligence. Most often, your lawsuit will analyze the doctor’s actions while the mother was pregnant, or during the delivery that caused the mother’s or baby’s injuries. In many cases, the doctor does not simply work for themselves. Instead, they work for a medical group or a hospital. You can also sue both of these entities in your birth injury lawsuit. The employer can face responsibility for the acts of their employees that occur within the scope of their employment. Moreover, you can also sue the hospital for the actions of its other employees during the birth process that led to the injuries. In fact, the hospital usually has “the deepest pockets” and is the entity that can make your settlement larger.