by Marcus Boston | Dec 1, 2019 | Blog, How Lawsuits Work
If you are bringing a court case, especially on the civil side, will you automatically get a jury trial? This question stems from another question that is based on the issues of a jury trial versus a bench trial. Both questions are important, especially for those...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 29, 2019 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
Are the doctors hiding the cause of your baby’s HIE diagnosis? Although this is not always true, in some cases families can have a hard time nailing down the cause of their baby’s HIE diagnosis. I recently spoke with a family and but for them speaking with another...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 22, 2019 | 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
What are the differences between a jury trial and a bench trial? This is an issue that still comes up on our YouTube page (BostonLawGroupLLC), as it is the source of comments and video views. Although I did a video on this issue years ago, because of its popularity, I...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 22, 2019 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
In today’s educational article I will touch on the important topic of an HIE baby, and the lack of oxygen during labor and delivery from a medical legal standpoint. If you are here because of a recent HIE diagnosis, then you probably know that HIE is short for hypoxic...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 18, 2019 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
The need for this article stems from a conversation that I recently had with a family. Essentially, they were looking for birth injury guidance because their baby had suffered a brain injury during birth. All they had to go on was that the baby had “complications” and...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 14, 2019 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
Getting a day in court to tell the world their baby’s story is a compelling action for some parents that we talk with when their baby has suffered an injury during birth. For them, birth injury mediation is not something high on their list initially. Learning of the...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 12, 2019 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
I recently had a parent have a hard time understanding why I could not give them an answer right away as to whether their baby’s injury was due to something the doctors and nurses may or may not have done the right way. As I began to explain what needs to happen...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 11, 2019 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
What is hypoxia, and can it be dangerous to your baby during labor and delivery? In my experience, when parents deal with hypoxia during delivery, this is the first time they have had to deal with this medical condition. The truth of the matter is that hypoxia can be...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 7, 2019 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
Are you dealing with a birth injury alone and have questions about what you can do, especially if it seems that the doctors and other medical professionals are providing you and your family sparse answers to your questions? For example, what caused your baby’s injury,...
by Marcus Boston | Nov 6, 2019 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
Is a bad result the standard for a birth injury case? In talking to parents, I have had them voice this position. But the question is whether this is the correct way of looking at things. The question essentially boils down to whether a bad result is always going to...
