Helping Families Affected by Birth Injury

I think my work helps people because sometimes a mother who's been through these traumatic situations just needs somebody to listen to them and to hear their story and to validate their feelings. And I have the opportunity to do that. Even if we can't help them with a claim, we do have the opportunity to hear them out and validate their feelings. One of the first big claims I ever helped with was a little boy who was full term and the parents were expecting a healthy baby. Everything had gone smoothly. Then the labor and delivery was very complicated and there were some issues with the baby being in distress and an untimely delivery. It took a little bit too long for the doctors to make the decision and for the baby to be delivered. And unfortunately, the child suffered from cerebral palsy with lifelong complications.

The family needed a whole new home and lots of modifications to their lifestyle to adapt for this child. And speaking to the mother, it was very touching. It was life changing hearing her story and what she had to go through and how now the rest of this child's life will be complicated by cerebral palsy. We were able to help that family with a significant settlement. I believe it was around four or five million dollars to help them restructure their home and provide the therapies that this child would need for the rest of his life. We also provide clients with resources. We have a cerebral palsy guide, which can help different parents who have children, or if you have a grandchild or a family member, a friend who might have cerebral palsy, we do have a guide that can help provide some resources. We also would be happy to speak with anybody about the situation that they're going through and the injuries their child has gone through.