Archive for January, 2026

PROVING CAUSATION IN HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY/CEREBRAL PALSY ANOXIC BIRTH INJURY CASES

Part Two: Abnormal Apgar Scores are not Always Present when a Fetus has Suffered Hypoxic or Anoxic Birth Injury By David A. Bowling and Lauren P. Jones A Multipart Series from the Bowling Law Firm, APLC I.      Introduction In our first installment of this series, we presented an overview of the criteria for establishing a hypoxic or anoxic birth injury as published by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (“ACOG”). We emphasized that to establish that a child’s cerebral palsy or other neurologic disorder was a product of the birthing process, attorneys must be prepared to address the criteria published by ACOG for establishing that the infant suffered an injurious hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). In ACOG’s view,…