Louisville Birth Injury Attorney
Fighting for Victims & Families Across Kentucky
Childbirth should be one of life’s most cherished experiences. Unfortunately, obstetricians, nurses, and other health care providers who care for mothers and babies before, during, or immediately after childbirth can make critical errors that impact victims and families for the rest of their lives.
As a law firm that’s earned national recognition for our work in complex medical malpractice cases, Kinnard Law has extensive experience representing injured mothers, newborns, and families in civil lawsuits involving a range of preventable injuries. If you or your child has been harmed by negligence, we want to help.
Kinnard Law: Proven Results in Medical Negligence Cases
Kinnard Law is led by Attorney Randall Kinnard, an award-winning trial lawyer and member of the illustrious Inner Circle of Advocates, an invite-only organization comprised of the nation’s top 100 plaintiffs’ trial lawyers. Since 1977, Attorney Kinnard and our firm have been trusted by clients and colleagues across the region. Here are just a few reasons why:
- We’re led by a Board-Certified Medical Malpractice Specialist.
- We’ve secured record-setting results and millions in compensation for clients.
- Our firm has been selected to U.S. “Best Law Firms” in the areas of Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Product Liability Law.
- Attorney Randall Kinnard has been recognized by prestigious organizations, including the Inner Circle of Advocates, Super Lawyers®, The Best Lawyers in America®, and more.
If you or your child suffered harm you believe was caused by substandard care, our team is available to help. Contact us to learn about your legal options during a FREE consultation.
What Is a Birth Injury Lawsuit?
Birth injury lawsuits are civil claims in which victims seek financial compensation for damages arising from preventable injuries suffered during labor or delivery, during pregnancy, or shortly after childbirth.
Though every case is unique, birth injury lawsuits generally allege doctors, nurses, or other health care providers failed to meet their duty of care, and that their negligence more likely than not caused preventable harm and suffering.
Birth injury claims may involve:
- Failures to identify and treat maternal risk factors or complications (i.e. preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, large fetus, etc.);
- Failure to monitor fetal heartbeat / respond to signs of fetal distress
- Infant brain damage, including hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
- Cerebral palsy
- Improper use of labor-inducing drugs
- C-section injuries, including delayed C-section or failure to perform cesarian delivery;
- Improper use of forceps or vacuum extractors
Proving negligent medical care requires in-depth examination of a case and the circumstances surrounding injuries. It also demands close collaboration with medical experts to determine the applicable standard of care, and how attending medical personnel failed to meet that standard.
At Kinnard Law, our team is available to review your potential case to determine whether you might have cause for legal action, and discuss how we can help you navigate the legal journey ahead.
Birth Injury Compensation: Recovering Damages
Birth injuries can affect families in profound and devastating ways. Injuries affecting the brain, for example, can significantly affect a child’s cognition and development, create a lifetime of challenges for children, and place considerable emotional and financial demands on families.
Recovering full and fair compensation in birth injury cases is crucial to helping families obtain the means and money to address their future needs, as well as the pain and suffering, lost income, and other economic and non-economic damages they’ve already incurred.
At Kinnard Law, we take the time to understand how injuries have impacted our clients’ lives. We also work with experts to determine how those injuries will affect clients’ futures, and what expenses and damages families are likely to face as their children mature.
Examples of our Medical Malpractice Case Results
- $22.2 million verdict (Tennessee state record) for a client left paralyzed after medical personnel inserted an epidural catheter for pain control following surgery to repair a broken leg.
- $5 million verdict for the family of a young boy who died when medical personnel failed to adequately treat his tick infection.
- $1.6 million verdict for the family of a 44-year-old single mother who developed a fatal blood clot after giving birth to twins, and was told to stay at home by her doctor.
Speak With a Louisville Birth Injury Lawyer About Your Legal Options
Victims of negligence have the right to hold at-fault parties accountable for negligence, and liable for the damages they incurred. If you would like more information about filing a birth injury lawsuit in Kentucky, or want to discuss your rights and legal options with an experienced Louisville attorney, Kinnard Law offers free and confidential consultations. Contact us to speak with a lawyer.

Verdicts & Settlements
Unmatched Dedication Has Led to Record-Setting Victories-
Personal Injury - Erin Andrews Lawsuit Against Hotel $55 Million
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Medical Malpractice - 62 Year Old Woman $22.2 Million
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Medical Malpractice - Largest Verdict in Weakley County History $15.2 Million
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Medical Malpractice - Davidson County $6.5 Million
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Wrongful Death of 22 Month Old $5 Million
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Golf Cart Accident $4.4 Million
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Medical Malpractice - 24 Year Old College Student $4 Million
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Wrongful Death - Tractor-Trailer Wreck $3.25 Million
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Wrongful Death - 16 Year Old Boy $3 Million
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Auto Accident - Rutherford County $3 Million

Client Testimonials
Helping the Injured Obtain Justice
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Integrity, above and beyond
“From a choice in the Yellow Pages to Success. This Law Firm has proven itself as absolutely professional, goal oriented, kind and compassionate in the past several years during my case. Mutual trust ...”
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In the hardest two years of my life, you provided the utmost trust, comfort, and support.
“Thank you Randy, Jennifer, and Cynthia so much for not only helping me get through what has been the hardest time of my life, but for always providing grace, trust, and a sense of comfort for what ...”
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We are very grateful.
“Our case was not easy. Many law firms would not be willing to get involved with a case this complicated and time-consuming. What Kinnard Law achieved on account of conquering numerous hurdles was ...”
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Great staff.
“I had the pleasure of working with a few different Kinnard Law lawyers after a personal injury. The process in its entirety took a couple years - which is longer than I anticipated, but also news to ...”
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100% Best Lawyers Around
“You have all been so kind and loving to our family! We appreciate all the hard work and dedication you all put in for our case.”
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Awards & Accolades
Highly Respected in the Legal Community-
Randall Kinnard is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, a prestigious invite-only group comprised of the top 100 plaintiffs’ trial lawyers in the United States.
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Randall Kinnard (since 1993),
Mary Ellen Morris (since 2017),
and Jennifer Eberle (since 2022)
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The firm has received the prestigious “Best Law Firms” rating in the practice areas of Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation and Health Care Litigation.
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Attorney Randall Kinnard is a member of ABOTA, a nationwide organization of lawyers who care passionately about the trial system in the United States.
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Randall Kinnard is an inducted member of the ACTL, one of North America’s premier trial organizations comprised of less than 1% of all lawyers in each state.
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Randall Kinnard is a member of the invitation-only International Academy of Trial Lawyers, which is limited to 500 trial lawyers in the United States.
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Randall Kinnard is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invite-only honorary society comprised of less than .5% of all U.S. lawyers.
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Attorney Randall Kinnard was named the 2019 Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in Nashville, TN.
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Randall Kinnard has been voted to TN Super Lawyers®. This organization recognizes the top 5% of attorneys in their practice area.
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Randall Kinnard and Mary Ellen Morris have received the highest rating for legal excellence by Martindale-Hubbell.
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Our attorneys have been voted by their peers to the "Top 40 under 40" Trial Lawyers list, as awarded by The National Trial Lawyers organization.
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Our firm’s trial attorneys have been recognized among the state’s leading legal minds, and named by Business TN Magazine to its coveted “150 Best Lawyers in Tennessee” list.
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Our attorneys have been named as 2023 “Best of the Bar” by Nashville Business Journal.
