Brown Trial Firm

About Brown Trial Firm — Civil Rights Houston, Texas

Brown Trial Firm handles civil rights Houston families deserve when hospitals and medical providers fail during childbirth, causing preventable harm to newborns and mothers in Harris County. The firm focuses on birth injury litigation — representing babies and families harmed by medical malpractice during labor and delivery. These cases sit at the intersection of medical negligence and patient rights: every patient entering a Texas hospital has a right to competent, non-negligent care, and when that right is violated with devastating consequences, Brown Trial Firm fights to hold the responsible providers accountable.

Birth injury cases are among the most complex forms of civil litigation in Houston. They require expert medical testimony, careful analysis of labor and delivery records, and experienced trial attorneys willing to pursue cases against major hospital systems and their insurers. The firm represents clients in Harris County courts and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, pursuing maximum compensation for injuries that may require lifetime care.

What Clients Say

Families describe Brown Trial Firm as relentless in its pursuit of accountability. Clients emphasize the firm’s willingness to take on powerful hospital systems and its commitment to achieving results that reflect the full scope of a child’s injuries and future needs.

Civil Rights Houston — Practice Areas & Services

• Birth injury litigation — cerebral palsy, HIE, Erb’s palsy, and brain injury claims in Harris County
• Medical malpractice — patient civil rights Houston families deserve when hospitals and providers cause harm
• Labor and delivery negligence — failure to monitor, delayed C-section, and oxygen deprivation claims in Texas courts
• Wrongful death — representing families of mothers and infants who died from preventable medical errors
• Civil rights attorneys in Houston handling catastrophic injury claims against major medical institutions

Frequently Asked Questions

Is a birth injury claim a civil rights case in Texas?

Birth injury claims are primarily medical malpractice cases under Texas law, but they involve fundamental patient rights protected by both tort law and, in cases involving government hospitals, constitutional law. When a Harris County hospital system or publicly funded medical provider commits malpractice, patients may have additional claims under federal law. Most birth injury cases are filed in the Harris County District Courts or the Southern District of Texas.

What is the deadline to file a birth injury or medical malpractice claim in Texas?

Texas imposes a two-year statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims, generally running from the date of the injury. For minor children, the limitations period is tolled until the child turns 18, with a maximum filing deadline of 10 years from the date of the negligent act under the Texas Medical Liability Act. Families should consult an attorney promptly to understand which deadline applies.

What damages can a family recover in a Houston birth injury case?

Texas allows recovery of medical expenses — past and future — lost earning capacity, pain and suffering, mental anguish, and impairment in birth injury cases. Non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases against physicians are capped at $250,000 per physician and $250,000 per healthcare institution, but economic damages (future medical care, therapy, assistive devices) are not capped and can be substantial in severe injury cases.