The Anatomy of Defending Catastrophic Perinatal Cases

October 12, 2023 9:30am

Michael Austin
Partner
Galloway, Lucchese, Everson & Picchi

Kurt D. Lloyd
Partner
Lloyd Law Group, Ltd

Join this interactive review focusing on the fundamental techniques when handling catastrophic perinatal cases.

  • Addressing the roles of a plaintiff attorney’s approach vs. a defense attorney’s approach to catastrophic perinatal cases
  • Outlining the steps in the investigation of perinatal and other obstetric injury cases
  • Dissecting the standard of care involved and causation elements
  • Identifying steps to take to investigate and prove an unpreventable fetal/neonatal brain injury
  • Assessing factors in the economic equation concerning potential damages
    • Life expectancy of child
    • Needs for child’s care and well-being
    • Future earning capacity