Riverside Birth Injury Lawyers

Riverside County, from the city of Riverside and Moreno Valley to Perris, Indio and the Coachella Valley, is home to a large and growing Latino community, and the California Department of Public Health counted 27,073 births to county residents in 2024. Distances here are long: a mother may deliver at one hospital and her baby may be transferred to a NICU at another, so when a delivery goes wrong, families often have to piece together what happened from records at more than one facility.

The county’s public hospital is Riverside University Health System Medical Center in Moreno Valley, which is run by Riverside County and has a Level III NICU. Most other deliveries in the county happen at private hospitals such as Riverside Community Hospital, Kaiser Permanente in Riverside and Moreno Valley, Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, and Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta and Rancho Springs Hospital in Murrieta. A claim involving RUHS follows government-claim rules with a much shorter deadline, which is why the name of the hospital is the first question Beverly Law asks.

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Hospitals where babies are delivered in Riverside

These are some of the hospitals with labor and delivery units in Riverside County, with the type of hospital and the NICU level where we could confirm it:

Riverside University Health System Medical Center — 26520 Cactus Ave., Moreno Valley, CA 92555 · Riverside County hospital (public) · Level III NICU
Riverside Community Hospital — 4445 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA 92501 · Private hospital · Level III NICU
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center — 10800 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA 92505 · Private hospital (Kaiser) · NICU
Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center — 27300 Iris Ave., Moreno Valley, CA 92555 · Private hospital (Kaiser)
Desert Regional Medical Center — 1150 N. Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs, CA 92262 · Private hospital · Level III NICU
Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta — 28062 Baxter Rd., Murrieta, CA 92563 · Private university hospital · Level II NICU
Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital — 25500 Medical Center Dr., Murrieta, CA 92562 · Private hospital · Level III NICU

Public hospital or private hospital: why it changes the deadline

Of the hospitals listed above, only Riverside University Health System Medical Center is a public entity (it is run by Riverside County); Riverside Community Hospital, Kaiser Permanente Riverside and Moreno Valley, Desert Regional, Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta and Rancho Springs are private.

Many California babies are born at county or University of California hospitals: LAC+USC, Harbor-UCLA, Olive View-UCLA, Riverside University Health System, Arrowhead Regional, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC Davis and others. These are public entities, and the Government Claims Act applies. Under Government Code § 911.2, a written claim for injury or death must be presented to the public entity within six months of the injury, before any lawsuit. If the claim is rejected in writing, Government Code § 945.6 gives six months from that notice to file suit. The child’s longer deadline under Code of Civil Procedure § 340.5 does not replace this six-month claim, so families with a public-hospital birth should act right away.

Where a birth-injury case is filed in Riverside County

A birth-injury lawsuit in Riverside County is filed with the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, at the Riverside Historic Courthouse, 4050 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501, the court’s civil courthouse in downtown Riverside. Medical malpractice claims are unlimited civil cases because of the amount of damages at stake. Beverly Law prepares and files the complaint and handles every court appearance for you.

Deadline to file

California gives a child’s birth-injury case its own deadline. Under Code of Civil Procedure § 340.5, a minor must sue within three years of the wrongful act, but a child who was under six when it happened has until his or her eighth birthday if that is longer. For a baby hurt during labor or delivery, that usually means the eighth birthday. The clock runs from the act itself, not from the day the family learned what went wrong, and it is paused only in narrow cases of fraud or collusion. Parents’ own claims, and claims against a public hospital, can have much shorter deadlines, so it is safer to get advice early.

Birth injuries we handle in Riverside

Beverly Law handles the full range of birth injuries for families in Riverside, including:

How Beverly Law helps families in Riverside

Beverly Law starts every Riverside birth-injury case the same way: we obtain the labor and delivery records, fetal monitoring strips and NICU notes at no cost to you, and we have them reviewed by obstetric and neonatal medical experts to find out whether the injury could have been prevented. If it could, we deal with the hospital and its insurer from that point on, so that you can focus on your child.

There is no fee unless we win, and in California medical malpractice cases attorney fees are set by law. Our team works in English y Español, and if getting to an office is hard with a newborn or a child with special needs, we come to you anywhere in Riverside County, from Corona to Indio, or set up a video consultation.

Free birth-injury case review

We review the delivery records with medical experts and tell you honestly whether there is a case. You pay nothing unless we win.

Questions parents ask

Which Riverside hospitals are county hospitals?

Riverside County runs one hospital that delivers babies: Riverside University Health System Medical Center (often called RUHS) on Cactus Avenue in Moreno Valley, which also has a Level III NICU. The other hospitals on this page, including Riverside Community Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Desert Regional, Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta and Rancho Springs, are private. If your baby was born at RUHS, a government claim has to be filed before a lawsuit, and the deadline is short.

Where would my Riverside birth-injury case be filed?

Medical malpractice cases are unlimited civil cases. In Riverside County they are filed with the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, at the Riverside Historic Courthouse, 4050 Main Street in downtown Riverside, which handles the county’s civil cases. Beverly Law prepares and files the complaint for you and appears at every hearing, so you do not have to go to court alone or take time away from your child.

How long do I have to file a birth-injury claim in Riverside?

Do you handle cases at Kaiser, Riverside Community or RUHS?

Yes. Beverly Law reviews birth-injury cases from any hospital in Riverside County: private hospitals such as Riverside Community Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Desert Regional, Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta or Rancho Springs, and the county hospital, RUHS Medical Center. Each type has its own procedures (Kaiser members, for example, usually go through arbitration rather than court, and RUHS requires a government claim first), and we explain what applies to your family before you decide anything.

Does it cost anything to find out if I have a case?

No. The case review is free, and we pay for the medical records and the expert review up front. You do not pay any fee unless we win compensation for your child, and California law limits the fees an attorney may charge in a medical malpractice case. We can meet you at home or at the hospital anywhere in Riverside County, or by video.

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