Q: What do I need to do to know whether I have a case against the hospital, doctors and even nurses where my son was born
who now needs 24/hr a day care for cerebral palsy. Is it too late to sue after 4 years?
A: It is critical that the mother's labor and delivery records are retrieved, along with the neonatal records of your son. It is also important to have the prenatal records of the mother. Once all of these and other hospital, physician and medical records are available, a lawyer who practices in this specialized field should be consulted so that the records can be reviewed by a physician. In Illinois it is required that a certificate of merit be made part of a lawsuit claiming medical negligence against any hospital, doctor, medical provider. A doctor in the same practice area must be willing to state in writing before the lawsuit could be filed that the medical providers were acting below the standard of care and that those acts or omissions (negligence) were a cause of your son's condition.
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