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 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 | Sep 6, 2017 | 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
Why all medical injuries may not be medical malpractice. With that said, it is easy to understand why a person who has suffered an injury at the hands of the doctor may feel that the injury is automatically the result of medical malpractice. Many times these...
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...
by Marcus Boston | Aug 25, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, How Lawsuits Work, Obstetrical Malpractice
Has the hospital blamed you for your baby’s brain injury at birth? For many parents, confusion arises when they realize that the hospital is essentially blaming them for their child’s birth injury. As one mother put it, “Mr. Boston I did...
by Marcus Boston | Aug 16, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Emergency Room Errors, How Lawsuits Work, Misdiagnoses, Obstetrical Malpractice, Surgical Mistakes
From car crashes, to slip and falls, to all other types of injuries at the hands of others, one point of contention in many of these cases deals with essentially how hurt is the injured party. In some of these cases the defense says you are lying about your...
by Marcus Boston | Aug 14, 2017 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Obstetrical Malpractice
As a Maryland birth injury attorney, I have the opportunity to speak with mothers who are doing all that they can to care for their babies, who have suffered injuries at birth. Be it a child who has suffered an injury due to a shoulder dystocia situation and...
