Drug Overdose Epidemic
Drug overdose deaths have soared during the pandemic. Recent data from the Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) estimates that there were 100,306 drug overdose deaths...
What Is Considered a Birth Injury?
Any injury to an infant or newborn child is hurtful and often devastating, depending on its severity and long term consequences. When such an injury...
How Do You Prove a Birth Injury?
The pain of parents feel seeing their child suffering is unlike any other pain in life. This is definitely the case when the child suffering...
What Qualifies as Wrongful Death?
There are few experiences in life as difficult as losing a loved one to death, and particularly if the death occurs suddenly and unexpectedly. The...
INFANT WRONGFUL DEATH: What it is and what to do about it
Introduction Infant wrongful death is an issue in which an infant is stillborn or dies on account of medical malpractice by a medical provider. After...
PREVENTING JAIL SUICIDE: PART 1
The U.S. Department of Justice recently stated that suicide is the leading cause of death in jails, and that this rate continues to increase. Although...
What If I Get Pulled Over?
Attorney Oliver Nelson III lists 3 important things you should do if you are pulled over by the police. Watch the video to get his advice here.
When Black Women Talk, Doctors Don’t Listen
At the Magna Law Firm, we help the families of women who have died either during or after the birthing process because of doctor or...
Justice Matters More
As a civil rights attorney, my job focus is singular – to vindicate the constitutional rights of those who have had those same rights trampled...
STOP THE BLEEDING!
Approximately 700 women die each year in this country from pregnancy-related complications. The leading cause of these deaths is maternal or obstetric hemorrhaging — which experts describe as excessive blood loss from giving birth. (ACOG Practice Bulletin, Number 183 October 2017). The American College of Obstetricians…