Year: 2016

When a child is born with one or more “high-risk” conditions or injuries, that child may spend time in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit, or “NICU.” Many hospitals throughout the country have these intensive care units so that at-risk newborns can receive the additional medical care and attention they…

We go to the hospital expecting to have our injuries treated and our ailments cured. No one admits him or herself to the hospital or is taken to the hospital by others with the expectation that that person will become more ill. Yet this very scenario takes place numerous times…

When you hear the term birth injury, your immediate reaction may be to think of extreme trauma or harm. While a birth injury can involve broken bones or blood, it can also involve mild bruising or non-visible damage. The sad fact is that such an event can have consequences that…

Nobody likes to think about needing a lawyer. Very often, legal professionals are only called upon in times of crisis. Those who are fortunate may only need a lawyer for a fender bender or when a dispute with an insurance company over damages hits a roadblock. Too many parents, though,…

Dealing with the complexities and challenges of a birth injury can be difficult. Beyond simply understanding what is involved in a birth injury, knowing how the various medical concepts interconnect to produce this result is difficult, even for those with experience in medicine. As a birth injury guide of sorts…

When Ken Stern founded his own birth injury law firm, his core goal was the same as it had been for the years previous: to provide critical legal assistance to the people who need it most. While the legal field is populated with so-called personal injury attorneys, or those who…

Despite the wide range of information made available by television and the Internet, there are still a lot of misconceptions and stigmas surrounding Cerebral Palsy. People do not know what they don’t know, meaning people often do not ask questions because they are unaware that there is more to learn….

If you have a child living with Cerebral Palsy, no matter how much you know about the condition, there always seems to be more to learn. There are basic facts, though, that the entire world can benefit from. These facts about Cerebral Palsy are less about breaking down the complexities…

Cerebral Palsy. The words alone can be daunting and complex; while you may have heard of it before your child’s diagnosis, you likely did not have a full understanding of this lifelong condition. Looking forward to the future, a lack of awareness surrounding CP can be extremely concerning, even stressful….

While a doctor may have comforting words or reading materials to offer, there is often little guidance provided once a Cerebral Palsy diagnosis is confirmed. Unfortunately, a general Google search will push parents to believe that their child will face any number of different challenges due to the wide range…