Birth Injuries
U.S. government must pay half of birth injury settlement
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Thursday, May 11, 2017. The United States government has been ordered to pay half of an $8 million medical malpractice settlement after a mother filed suit against the hospital where she gave birth. The order was made by a federal judge in a birth injury lawsuit. While this settlement involved a hospital in another state, similar medical malpractice issues occur in Louisiana as well. A woman and her child were awarded a settlement for $8 million by a U.S. District Court judge on April 14. While the hospital is expected to pay $4 million of that amount, the government was found liable…
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What Does It Mean for Insurance Companies to Act in Bad Faith?
On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Friday, May 5, 2017. According to eQuoteMD, just four insurance companies provide medical malpractice coverage for more than half of the healthcare providers in Mississippi. If you sustain debilitating injuries or a serious illness after undergoing a medical procedure and you intend to pursue damages, you will likely have to go through one of these major players. These insurance companies have an obligation to act in good faith when negotiating with policyholders and claimants. That means they must remain fair, honest, and transparent during the proceedings. If an insurance company acts in bad faith, its customers and third-party claimants…
Read MoreJudge awards $42M in federal birth injury case
Judge awards $42M in federal birth injury case On behalf of David Bowling of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Birth Injuries on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The parents of a boy who suffered serious brain injuries during birth have been awarded a sum of $42 million. The baby was wounded with forceps during his delivery in 2012, according to the report. The suit was filed against the federal government since the doctor who delivered the child and the center where the baby was born were both federally funded. In Louisiana, as in other states, parents are well within their rights to file suits for a birth injury. The bench trial lasted six days. Afterwards, the…
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