It is an unusual lawsuit that two parents have filed against doctors, but their claim is that doctors were grossly negligent when they performed a sex-assignment surgery on their then-16-month-old child, knowing that there was a significant chance that they were choosing the wrong gender. If the parents are successful, this could be a landmark pediatric medical malpractice lawsuit that could influence how other intersex conditions are dealt with in Ohio.

Very shortly after he was born, the child was determined to have both male and female genitalia. Instead of allowing the child to develop and choose which gender he identified with, the child underwent an operation as a toddler that removed all male genitalia. Unfortunately for the boy and his parents, the surgeons chose the wrong gender and the now-8 year old identifies as male.

There are many parents in the Columbus area whose children were born with birth injuries. For these parents, one of the most heart-wrenching thoughts is who will care for their children with brain damage if they are gone? It's not a matter of abandoning the child, but one of age. Most parents do not outlive their children, and many are concerned about who will care for their children once they are no longer able to.

This is one of the many reasons why Columbus parents whose children were born with brain damage file birth injury lawsuits with the help of a medical malpractice attorney. The money they can get from a birth injury lawsuit may be enough to care for their children even if they are no longer around. While many of these parents would likely prefer caring for their children themselves, it is comforting to know that there is money available when they are not.

When someone in Columbus goes to the doctor and becomes a victim of medical malpractice, it is a tragedy. Yet, depending on how old he or she is at the time of his or her negligent medical care, he or she may not need supplementary medical care for that long. When someone is born with a birth injury, however, he or she may need lifelong care.

Such is likely the case of a young girl who recently was awarded $130 million in a recent medical malpractice lawsuit. Though either 10 or 11 years old, she has never been able to write, walk, or speak. Nor can the young girl swallow without help. Unless there is a vast improvement in the care of people with cerebral palsy, it is likely that she will need help for the rest of her life, possibly 24-hour care. It is not something that her parents can provide, and, even if they could, they may not outlive their daughter.

When someone in Cleveland goes to the hospital for a medical procedure, he or she likely hopes that his or her doctor is caught up with the current medical literature. Being a doctor, however, is more than just knowing the latest research, sometimes it is about learning from past mistakes, both the individual doctor's or others'. But when doctors are unable to consult past mistakes, it is no wonder that they can't learn and prevent future errors.

One state, however, is trying to make it easier for doctors and health professionals to learn from their mistakes. Unfortunately, it is not Ohio, but if this program works, it could easily be replicated across the state. A medical malpractice lawyer has been working with an OB-GYN doctor to create a program that would make the relevant information from medical malpractice cases available to health care professionals.