by Marcus Boston | Feb 13, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
In the age of “tort reform,” some people still think that a jury will hear a frivolous birth injury case. This is good talk for politicians and other television and media commentators, but the truth of the matter is that in Maryland at least, this requirement prevents...
by Marcus Boston | Feb 13, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
In today’s birth injury educational article, we are going to discuss a compressed umbilical cord and HIE from a medical legal standpoint. For attorneys who handle birth trauma and birth injury cases, umbilical cord problems can present challenges for babies....
by Marcus Boston | Feb 12, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
An emergency C-section and fetal distress is a topic that many mothers might hear a little about before labor and delivery, with the doctor more than likely explaining that if there are problems during delivery, then a C-section may be the needed outcome. With that...
by Marcus Boston | Feb 11, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
A question that came into us was what if my baby swallows their poop during delivery? This is an interesting question that spotlights a serious medical condition, that in some instances if it is severe enough, can lead to death. The medical condition that can be...
by Marcus Boston | Feb 7, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
What if you cannot afford a second opinion in a birth injury case? This was a question that was posed to me by an individual who was dealing with a baby who had suffered a brain injury at birth. The family was told that the child had to undergo hypothermia cooling and...
by Marcus Boston | Feb 7, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Why is the complaint important in a birth injury case? Actually, the same can hold true as to why a complaint is important in most civil cases too. Although the complaint is not often mentioned, it is one of the most important filings in a civil case. Below, I...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 31, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Contrary to what some think, there are some birth trauma cases we might not be able to assist a family with, in their journey. One of the main building blocks our firm is built on is the quest to provide quality educational information to families about medical...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 29, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Can you tell the jury of your OB’s previous birth injury case? To put the question another way, if your OB has been sued before in a birth injury case, can you tell the jury that fact in proving that negligence also happened in your baby’s case? When parents learn of...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 29, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Your baby has suffered a brain injury at birth, and you think that the OB is responsible for the cause of the injury. You learn that the OB has insurance, can you tell the jury this fact in a birth injury case to help with your case? This is a topic that is of great...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 28, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Assessing the future for a baby with a brain injury is important. From the time that a family is told that their baby has a brain injury, assessments must begin. With that said, what can happen is that families can sometimes get emotionally tied into the moment and...
