The following is an editorial from our founder, Ken Stern: As a legal practitioner for over thirty years, I have built my practice on representing families raising children who sustained birth injuries. Every day, children are born normally and without incident in the United States. However, there are some babies…
Everyone wants to have a healthy baby. Pregnancy benchmarks focus heavily on the child’s growth and development in the womb as parents are regularly updated on the child’s size and health with each check-up. When a baby is too big, its delivery can be obstructed from being delivered vaginally, either…
There is a misconception in America that lawyers are just beneficiaries of bad things happening to everyday people. While some ‘problems’ or issues can be resolved outside of the courtroom, the truth is that birth injury lawyers serve families who rarely, if ever, have an opportunity to get the help…
We, as a society, live in a time in which jokes at the expense of lawyers are quite common. The sad reality is that there are some self-serving attorneys who admittedly give our profession a bad name. However, the stereotypes and apprehension that can follow the ‘stereotypical personal injury attorney’…
That a healthy baby may suddenly experience injury or trauma, resulting in Erb’s Palsy or Cerebral Palsy can be tragic. Medical professionals must work carefully to ensure strict professional standards of care are followed while also making the delivery process safe without risk to mother and child. The use of…
This is an editorial from the founder of Stern Law, PLLC, Ken Stern: As you may have seen in the news, legislators in Maryland are proposing a ‘birth injury fund’ that has raised significant controversy. The difficulties and failings with so-called “funds” to compensate birth injury victims are well-established. This…
In the wake of a complicated delivery that leads to a birth injury, parents are left with a wide assortment of questions. What caused this? What could I have done differently? Did the hospital do something wrong? During this time, medical professionals may tell parents their baby was just born…
