Something happened at your child's birth. Here is a calm place to understand it.
Birth Injury Payout is an independent educational resource. We explain birth injuries in plain language from primary medical sources, we are honest about what is uncertain, and, when it is the right step for your family, we explain how to find a qualified attorney. No pressure, no promises, nothing to sign.
What you will find here
- Explanations of conditions such as HIE, cerebral palsy and brachial plexus injury, written from NIH, ACOG and AAP sources and listed so you can read them yourself.
- A clear account of what a diagnosis does and does not mean. A birth injury is not, by itself, evidence that anyone did anything wrong.
- Practical guides: which records to ask for, how a legal review works, and what to ask an attorney before you decide anything.
- Plain disclosure of what this service is, who pays for it, and where it stands today.
The principle every page on this site is held to
A birth injury or a diagnosis does not by itself mean that medical negligence occurred. Many birth-related conditions have more than one possible cause, and clinical bodies themselves call for a broad look at everything that may have contributed before a cause is named. Whether care fell below the standard of care is a question only a qualified review of the full medical record can answer. We will never tell you otherwise.
Understanding birth injuries
What the conditions are, what is known about their causes, and what remains uncertain.
Read the guides →Legal information
How medical negligence claims generally work, why records matter, and what an attorney investigates.
Read the guides →State by state
Rules differ substantially by state. Here is how we approach that, and why no state guide is published before legal review.
The state framework →Carefully sourced, reviewed before it is published, and honest about what we do not know.
Primary sources first
NIH institutes, ACOG, the AAP, state statutes and official programs. Every guide lists its sources with the date we last checked them.
Two reviews before publication
Medical explanations wait for clinical review; legal explanations wait for attorney review. Until both are complete, a guide stays a draft.
No reviewer named until verified
We do not borrow credibility. A reviewer's name appears only after their credentials have been confirmed.
Corrections, in the open
If something is wrong, we fix it quickly and say so. Our editorial standards explain how.
What this service is, and what it is not.
It is
An independent educational publisher. When the attorney-connection service is active, it is also a way to ask for an introduction to one licensed attorney in your state who has agreed to review birth injury matters. Participating attorneys pay us for those introductions. Families never pay us anything.
It is not
A law firm, a medical provider, or a source of advice about your child. We cannot tell you whether your child was harmed by negligence, and we will not pretend to. The name of this site is a domain, not a promise: nothing here guarantees any result.
Read the full, plain explanation of how this service works →