Baltimore, MD -- (SBWire) -- 07/27/2015 --The cerebral palsy lawyers of Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC in Baltimore, MD, work hard to defend the rights of their clients when it comes to medical malpractice cases. The law firm is pleased to announce that they are currently using a wrongful birth claim to try to establish a new law in the state of Iowa. Attorney Wayne M. Willoughby is writing the wrongful birth appeal brief to the supreme court of Iowa, which presents a claim that has not yet been entertained in the state. The wrongful birth case that is being handled by the lawyers of Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC involves a claim where the parent states that she would not have decided to have the brain damaged child, if the doctor had properly found the malformation on the fetus.
Only twenty-five states in the United States recognize wrongful birth as a cause of action. Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC aims to persuade the state of Iowa to permit wrongful birth claims, which can involve the doctor's failure to inform the parents of genetic disorders or the failure to diagnose the fetus with a genetic or congenital disorder. In the wrongful birth case being presented to the Supreme Court, the doctor failed to discover a brain malformation prenatally, which allowed the pregnancy to continue. The medical error resulted in the birth of a brain damaged child that requires a lifetime of round the clock care.
Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC concentrate their law services in birth brain injuries and cerebral palsy cases. The law firm is determined to bring justice to wrongful birth cases, which argue that the defendant's medical mistake deprived the parents of having the informed choice of whether or not to carry the pregnancy to term.
For more information on the birth injury law services of Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC, please visit their website. In addition, individuals in need of a cerebral palsy injury lawyer can contact the Baltimore, MD law firm by calling 443-394-8800.
About Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC
GWGS is a nationally recognized medical malpractice and cerebral palsy law firm, which includes doctor-lawyers who represent birth injured children in Maryland, the District of Columbia and throughout the United States on a pro hoc vice basis (with permission of the court).
To learn more, visit their website at http://www.cerebralpalsylawdoctor.com/
Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith, LLC Aims to Establish New Law in Iowa with Wrongful Birth Claim