Archive for June, 2025

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS WHEN OXYGEN LOSS INJURES YOUR BABY AT BIRTH

By David A. Bowling and Lauren P. Jones A Multipart Series from the Bowling Law Firm, APLC I. Introduction As a firm with a major concentration in the representation of families of children who have suffered hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (“HIE”) and/or cerebral palsy, The Bowling Law Firm is frequently faced with challenges from defendants arguing that the birthing process was not the cause of our clients’ babies’ neurologic injuries. We must confront contentions that the brain injuries were due to processes prior to labor and delivery, events after labor and delivery, infection, genetic or metabolic derangements, or a myriad of alternate proposed causes. The obstetrical community, led by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (“ACOG”), has a substantial interest in…