{"id":506,"date":"2016-02-24T08:12:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T14:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=506"},"modified":"2018-09-12T16:50:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T21:50:42","slug":"mothers-equitable-tolling-argument-rejected-sues-due-birth-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/mothers-equitable-tolling-argument-rejected-sues-due-birth-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother\u2019s Equitable Tolling Argument Rejected After She Sues Due to Birth Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca7\/15-1868\/15-1868-2016-02-02.html\" target=\"_blank\">case<\/a>, a plaintiff filed suit against a doctor and a prenatal care center after her baby sustained an injury during birth. However, the case was dismissed because the statute of limitations had passed, and the court rejected the plaintiff\u2019s \u201cequitable tolling\u201d argument.<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiff, an Illinois resident, was pregnant and went to a health center for prenatal care. She attended 12 visits at the Will County Community Health Center in Joliet, Illinois. In September 2008, the plaintiff sought treatment at an emergency room after experiencing abdominal pain. The emergency room doctor decided to induce labor, and the plaintiff began to give birth. During the birth, the plaintiff\u2019s daughter became stuck and sustained an injury to her arm. After birth, the baby was diagnosed with Erb\u2019s Palsy, a condition involving weakness of the arm due to an injury of the brachial plexus, a nerve cluster located in the shoulder. At the hospital, the baby\u2019s arm was put in a sling due to the injury.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2011, the plaintiff filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the health center and the emergency room doctor. Under the Act, a claim must be filed within two years after it\u00a0accrues. The court found that the claims against the emergency room doctor and the health center accrued sometime in September 2008, shortly after the birth. Since\u00a0the mother experienced a difficult delivery, and the baby was diagnosed with Erb\u2019s Palsy, she had enough information to look into whether they caused the baby\u2019s injury. Thus, the statute of limitations expired two years later, in September 2010.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/mothers-equitable-tolling-argument-rejected-sues-due-birth-injury\/#more-506\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent case, a plaintiff filed suit against a doctor and a prenatal care center after her baby sustained an injury during birth. However, the case was dismissed because the statute of limitations had passed, and the court rejected the plaintiff\u2019s \u201cequitable tolling\u201d argument. 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