Birth Injury Litigation: An Expert’s Guide (Self-Study)

Course Description

This course provides a basic understanding of anatomy and the process of labor and delivery; the medical evidence created during the pregnancy and labor that will be necessary to establish liability; the post-delivery medical evidence that establishes the causative link between the health care provider’s negligence and the child’s injuries; and the evidence necessary to establish damages so that you maximize a full and complete recovery on behalf of your injured client.

Principles

1. Medical evidence that establishes liability for a birth-related injury
2. Medical evidence that establishes causation for a birth-related injury
3. Medical and other evidence to prove the extent of brain damage and other birth injuries
4. Life Care Plans and Economic Valuation of Birth-related injuries

Syllabus

1. Factors Complicating Labor & Delivery (anatomy and medical issues)
2. Types of Birth Injuries
3. Establishing Liability and Causation
4. Verifying and Establishing Damages
5. Maximizing Recovery thru Medical Testimony, Family Testimony, and a Life Care Plan

Instructor

Deborah J. Gander, Esq.