Birth Trauma: How to Prove Substandard Care and Causation

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Published by Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association

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Duration: 75 minutes

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Summary

This program will look at the science and expert evidence needed to prove the cause of newborn neurologic injury. We will cover important medical concepts and diagnostic criteria that the lawyer must be familiar with in order to succeed in these cases. We will also touch on common standard of care issues that arise and the interpretation and use of fetal surveillance.

Presenters

	Richard Halpern Richard Halpern is a senior lawyer acting exclusively for injured people in medical negligence cases, with a special focus on infants injured at or around the time of birth. Richard is known across Canada for his expertise in birth injury cases. He...More
	Barbara Legate Barbara Legate practices medical negligence and personal injury litigation in London Ontario at Legate & Associates. She was called to the bar in 1981 and is Certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada. Barbara...More

Originally Published

May 8, 2018

Program Titles and Supporting Materials

This program contains the following components:

Birth Trauma: How to Prove Substandard Care and Causation - Video
Birth Trauma: How to Prove Substandard Care and Causation - Paper 1

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