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...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 24, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work, Uncategorized
For some babies who have a HIE (hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy) diagnosis, they will also suffer with seizures. This is because in its basic form, a HIE diagnosis is a brain injury. The injury can come about in this context because of a reduced level of blood and...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 24, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice, Uncategorized
Even though it sounds simple, some people forget that they need to understand the question before answering in a deposition. When this happens, the person giving the deposition runs the risk of providing answers to questions that may not actually reflect the answer...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 22, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Can you get a second opinion as to the HIE cause? To ask the question another way, if you have questions as to what caused your child’s HIE diagnosis can you get a second opinion? For families navigating the world of HIE, the cause of the diagnosis in their baby...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 22, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work, Wrongful Death Cases
What if the defense wants to video your deposition? For some, this request is not something they expect or know can be done. Regardless, in some situations a request to video your deposition might be made. When it happens, it is important that you understand not only...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 22, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work, Wrongful Death Cases
So, you want to fire your attorney (for the purpose of this article you are not in trial yet with your matter)? Contrary to what some think, you can fire your attorney. With that said, there are other things that you should make sure that you understand when thinking...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 17, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
One of the more interesting questions that we can get when parents are looking to have an investigation done into cause of their child’s HIE diagnosis is what is a role for parents in a HIE claim? As I gave this question thought, I began to realize that this issue...
by Marcus Boston | Jan 15, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
A question that I eventually field when a family is looking into the investigation of their baby’s HIE diagnosis is how long can a HIE claim take? In my opinion, because of what is shown on TV and in movies regarding legal cases, the public can have differing opinions...
