Courts in Detroit, Michigan
Wayne County Circuit Court
2 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48226
U.S. District Court, E.D. Michigan — Southern Division
231 W Lafayette Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226
Hospitals & Trauma Centers in Detroit
Detroit Medical Center — Hutzel Women's Hospital
4707 St Antoine St, Detroit, MI 48201
Children's Hospital of Michigan — DMC
3901 Beaubien St, Detroit, MI 48201
Henry Ford Hospital
2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202
Beaumont Hospital — Royal Oak
3601 W 13 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48073
Liability Considerations in Detroit
Michigan allows medical malpractice claims for birth injuries with a 2-year statute of limitations from the injury date for parent claims, with special infancy tolling provisions that toll the child's claim until age 18 plus 1 year. Michigan does not cap medical malpractice damages. The $144 million Michigan HIE birth injury verdict is the highest birth injury verdict in U.S. litigation history and is the benchmark for catastrophic birth injury damages nationally. Michigan's birth injury rates are above the national average per CDC data.
Your Legal Team
Catherine Moorefield
Senior Partner
Detroit, MI
Catherine Moorefield has spent 24 years representing Michigan families whose children suffered preventable birth injuries. A former registered nurse with labor and delivery clinical experience, Catherine brings firsthand knowledge of fetal monitoring, the APGAR assessment, and NICU protocols to every birth injury case she handles. She has worked on cases involving the full spectrum of birth injuries — HIE with severe cerebral palsy, Erb's palsy from shoulder dystocia, and delayed emergency C-section cases. Michigan's $144 million HIE verdict is the backdrop against which her practice operates, and she regularly works with OB expert witnesses and certified life care planners to document the full scope of lifetime care damages. She has recovered over $45 million for birth injury families in Michigan.
Education
- J.D., University of Michigan Law School (2002)
- B.S., Nursing, Wayne State University (1998)