www.thebirthinjurylawfirm.com 888-330-8312 Attorney Michael A. Kelly of Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger in San Francisco, California discusses a birth injury case of his in Minnesota that resulted in a verdict of $23.6 million. [GRAPHIC Consumer Attorneys of California, Michael A. Kelly, Rogers v. Affiliated Community Medical Centers] 20 year ancient mom, otherwise healthy, goes to the hospital, accompanied by her mom. [GRAPHIC: Consumer Attorneys of California, Michael A. Kelly, Esq. Attorney of the Year Nominee] Shortly after the mom was admitted, they started her labor inducing drugs. The most common and typical one is Pitocin. [GRAPHIC: Pitocin Started At Standard Rate] They started it at a so-called standard rate and then continued to up the dosage independent of the fact she wasn’t progressing. [GRAPHIC: Dosage Upped Independent Of Progress] And at that point, fetal heart monitors are starting to show the baby’s stressed. With each contraction, the baby’s heart rate goes up and it takes longer and longer for it to come back to normal. By hour 25, not only is it taking longer and longer to come back to normal, but each time there’s a contraction, the baby’s heart rate is dipping lower and lower and lower. During the last three hours, the heart rate continued to dip, suggestive of restricted blood flow to the brain, and ultimately her heart rate collapsed altogether when it fell all the way to zero. Male: Kylie is a spastic quadriplegic. She has some vision impairment …
Many people don’t realize that following a serious injury from a car accident in Michigan, they are entitled to medical care and several other benefits through their No-Fault auto insurance. In this video, attorney Larry Gursten, partner of Michigan Auto Law, www.michiganautolaw.com , clarifies all five No-Fault benefits www.michiganautolaw.com that are available for accident victims. He also covers the application process and time limits www.michiganautolaw.com for filing forms and an auto accident lawsuit. Here’s some of what Larry has to say: “I’m going to try to clarify to you the No Fault law in your action against the insurance company for your benefits, and I’m going to give you knowledge and understanding to help you in collecting these benefits. The first No Fault benefit is medical bills, and I know that is a concern because everybody wants to get their doctor bills paid, their hospital bills paid. Fortunately in Michigan, this is an brilliant coverage. If you have medical insurance first in your household, you have to go to that medical insurance and if they pay if it’s an automobile accident, because that you’ll also have to check on, then the medical insurance will be first. If you do not have medical insurance in the household or they say to you, We don’t pay if it’s an automobile accident, that is not a problem because then your auto insurance or the auto insurance of a relative in your household is going to pay all of your medical bills for life. The next …
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