by Marcus Boston | Mar 5, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy)
Umbilical cord prolapse and HIE, or to put the issue a different way, how can in some cases a baby with a prolapsed umbilical cord experience the medical condition HIE, or hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy? For many parents, these conditions can be a shock and are only...
by Marcus Boston | Mar 2, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
A snapshot of the trial process can go a long way to help people who have a civil trial scheduled get a basic understanding of some of the critical issues that are present when a civil case is filed. In many cases, especially from the birth injury or medical...
by Marcus Boston | Feb 25, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
Do most birth injury cases settle? This is a question that may come up during the birth injury process. For today’s birth injury educational article, I am going to discuss my experience and what I know being around these cases (talking with other attorneys in my...
by Marcus Boston | Feb 24, 2020 | Birth Injuries, Blog, Cerebral Palsy, HIE (Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy), How Lawsuits Work
One question the parents can have when their child has suffered a brain injury at birth is how did the injury happen? In the context of a HIE, or hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy diagnosis, this is an important question, especially from a medical legal standpoint....
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...
