Not every birth injury is the result of medical negligence, and the difference matters for families trying to understand what happened. This post explains common birth injuries, when one becomes a medical negligence claim, Pennsylvania's certificate of merit requirement, and how long families have to file.

A medical malpractice case in Pennsylvania cannot proceed on a bad outcome alone. A qualified professional has to review the records and put an opinion in writing, and that document has to be filed within sixty days of the complaint. Here is what Rule 1042.3 requires, who can sign the statement behind it, and why the requirement matters long before anyone files.

Most bad medical outcomes are not malpractice, and any article suggesting otherwise is not being straight with the reader. Some of them are, though, and what separates the two is whether the care fell below the professional standard and whether that failure caused the harm. This article covers the signs that are worth a closer look.