Health Law

Video Blog Youtube

Posted on December 17, 2007
I am constantly amazed at what Youtube has done to the Internet and to conversations about different subjects.  It is not just a platform for watching home movies of dogs doing flips, cats caught in bags or a place to place advertisements to run elsewhere in the web...

Chicago Cerebral Palsy Settlement

Posted on December 08, 2007
This one was approved by a judge to put an end to the 4 year old case. Labor proceeded appropriately until several minutes after Radis started pushing and fetal monitor tracings indicated the baby was not tolerating labor. Physicians and nurses attempted to expedite the delivery by using a vacuum extractor to bring the baby's head down farther, but the vacuum was removed after eight minutes because the doctor believed with one or two more pushes, the baby would be delivered, according to the release...

Diagnosis

Posted on December 07, 2007
So how do you know if a child has cerebral palsy?  How is that diagnosis reached?     Generally you look for abnormal observations and abnormal imaging results.     Are you noticing trouble walking, gripping or talking?  If so then start asking around and doing some more in depth research...

Here's why you pursue a Cerebral Palsy Case

Posted on December 06, 2007
Another Cerebral Palsy settlement from another country.  This one has some great quotes though from the parents. The parents of an 11-year-old London girl awarded £6.5 million after hospital blunders left her severely brain damaged today told of their relief that her future is now taken care of...

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Cerebral Palsy Settlement - Canada

Posted on December 01, 2007
Here is a great discussion of a $4.2 Million dollar fee in a medical malpractice case that settled for $12.7 million.  It sounds like this particular solicitor came into a case late and provided excellent representation. Mr. Justice Robert Smith has released a significant decision in which he has considered the issue of contingency fees charged to persons under a legal disability...

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