by Marcus Boston | Feb 10, 2021 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Today I want to discuss working with limits in birth injury cases. To put the issue another way, how do caps and other legal limits impact birth injury claims? The reason for this article, and supporting video is because I recently did a talk in which I explained how...
by Marcus Boston | Feb 2, 2021 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cardiac Malpractice, Cerebral Palsy, Emergency Room Errors, Failure or Delay in Cancer Diagnosis, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), Hospital Infections and Injuries, How Lawsuits Work
How some medical malpractice cases can be limited money-wise. To put the issue another way some jurisdictions will cap how much money you can recover in a medical malpractice case. This means that if a jury agrees with your position and gives you money above...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 27, 2021 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
In today’s post we are going to discuss hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, bad results, and medical malpractice. Although this article has an HIE component to it, much of what is discussed will hold true when analyzing a medical malpractice case in general, especially...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 25, 2021 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
So, the question is why are fetal strips important in the context of HIE? For families who are dealing with an HIE or hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy diagnosis, many of the question that are asked surround how did the injury occur and was there any way to prevent it?...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 13, 2021 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
For today’s article and supporting video we will discuss birth injury lawsuit settlements, with a focus on the process. The idea is to talk about not only how we begin to figure the value of a birth injury case, but also how would a mediation or settlement negotiation...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 6, 2021 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Can we file a test childbirth lawsuit on our own? One question that many parents have when they are thinking about filing a childbirth injury case in Maryland is whether they can get a test case? The purpose of this test case, as it is explained to us, is to see how...
by Marcus Boston | Dec 31, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Prolonged labor and birth asphyxia are two conditions that can occur during labor and delivery. The purpose of this discussion is to talk about these issues from a medical legal point of view. Anytime prolonged labor is present, doctors and nurses must be sure that...
by Marcus Boston | Dec 21, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
Meconium aspiration syndrome and HIE in babies are two separate medical conditions. With that said, in some instances they both can be diagnoses for babies. For todays discussion we will talk more about these conditions from a medical legal point of view. For...
by Marcus Boston | Dec 10, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work, Wrongful Death Cases
Why does the standard of care matter in medical malpractice, or a birth trauma case? The reason I am highlighting standard of care is because I have talked about this issue before in passing in other videos and posts, with this one going into a little more depth as to...
by Marcus Boston | Dec 7, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
A diagnosis of HIE and seizures is a topic that many families who contact us have experienced. The context of this discussion generally revolves around as the seizures evidence of an injury to the brain, especially early in the process. For many of these families,...
