Attorneys in Florida have filed a lawsuit on behalf of parents who are supposed to be compensated by a state program for children with birth injuries.

According to the recently certified class-action suit, the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association, known as NICA, has failed to properly pay participating parents and has misinformed them about their rights under the program.

NICA was created in 1988 to curb malpractice litigation related to birth injuries.