by Marcus Boston | Dec 29, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cardiac Malpractice, Emergency Room Errors, How Lawsuits Work, Misdiagnoses, Surgical Mistakes
Why is one medical malpractice case worth 10 million and another case worth 500k? The heart of this question gets to the issue of what we call “damages” in the legal world. For many people, the issue of damages can be confusing. For example, we sometimes...
by Marcus Boston | Dec 7, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Misdiagnoses, Obstetrical Malpractice, Surgical Mistakes, Wrongful Death Cases
Did fake Maryland doctor Charles Akoda deliver your baby or give you medical care? If you were one of his patients, read below for more important information. A Prince George’s County man has pled guilty to fraudulently using social security numbers to obtain a...
by Marcus Boston | Dec 6, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Obstetrical Malpractice
“ My baby has a brain injury and the cord gas PH was less than 7. Based on this, and some other things in my medical records, I was told I should probably contact an attorney.” This information was told to me by an individual who I spoke with about the...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 5, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cardiac Malpractice, Emergency Room Errors, Failure or Delay in Cancer Diagnosis, How Lawsuits Work, Misdiagnoses, Obstetrical Malpractice, Surgical Mistakes, Wrongful Death Cases
Handling my own medical malpractice case, should I? To put the question another way should you attempt to represent yourself without an attorney in a Maryland medical malpractice case? Before I answer the above question, it may be shocking for you to...
by Marcus Boston | Oct 30, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
Is a cerebral palsy diagnosis in a baby always caused by genetics? In other words, in cerebral palsy cases in which a baby has a diagnosis, will genetics always be the cause? For some families, genetics is the reason given for their baby’s brain injury, but...
by Marcus Boston | Oct 27, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cardiac Malpractice, Emergency Room Errors, Failure or Delay in Cancer Diagnosis, Hospital Infections and Injuries, How Lawsuits Work, Misdiagnoses, Obstetrical Malpractice, Surgical Mistakes, Wrongful Death Cases
Can I tell the jury that my doctor has been sued for medical malpractice in the past? This is a question that I get quite often and for many, the answer should be an affirmative. But the truth of the matter is that in Maryland, the law does not look at this...
by Marcus Boston | Oct 26, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work
The doctor has caused the birth injury of your baby, and with that, how do you take care of your baby in the future? For many parents, reaching out to a medical malpractice attorney when their child has suffered a birth injury is a big deal. Taking this step usually...
by Marcus Boston | Oct 4, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Emergency Room Errors, Failure or Delay in Cancer Diagnosis, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice, Surgical Mistakes, Wrongful Death Cases
Settle with the hospital immediately after my injury without a medical malpractice lawyer? Should you or should you not? In this Maryland medical malpractice educational article I will touch on some of the crucial issues present when you are thinking about...
by Marcus Boston | Aug 31, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work
How can a traumatic brain injury manifest itself after birth? When a baby suffers a brain injury at birth, parents can have an entire host of questions. The questions can range from how this could happen to what type of challenges will their child face going into the...
by Marcus Boston | Aug 27, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cardiac Malpractice, Emergency Room Errors, Failure or Delay in Cancer Diagnosis, Hospital Infections and Injuries, How Lawsuits Work, Misdiagnoses, Obstetrical Malpractice, Surgical Mistakes, Wrongful Death Cases
How do you handle an objection during your deposition testimony? You are testifying during your deposition and all of a sudden you hear objection from one of the attorneys what do you do? If you have never given a deposition before this may confuse you. As a matter of...
