The Anatomy of Defending Catastrophic Perinatal Cases

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