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As experts in medical malpractice and product liability law, the team at the Law Offices of Joseph Lichtenstein maintains a blog to educate our clients. Read our blog posts to learn about what we do, and contact us to get personalized guidance on your unique case.
As birth injury lawyers, one of the most common conditions we deal with on a regular basis is cerebral palsy. Most people probably know there is currently no cure for a cerebral palsy diagnosis, which is one of the reasons why getting the right legal protection for a diagnosis caused by medical malpractice or negligence…
Read MoreOne of the most common conditions birth injury lawyers see on a regular basis is the cerebral palsy diagnosis. Cerebral palsy is the most common motor disability in children and, unfortunately, approximately 20% of new-born babies are diagnosed with congenital cerebral palsy due to a brain injury during the birthing process. It is in these…
Read MoreThe act of giving birth is an amazing, beautiful, and incredibly emotional process. Unfortunately, even when you follow all the necessary steps and advice books galore, there’s still a chance of something going wrong that could ultimately affect the health of the mother and/or child. In fact, birth injury rates suggest that every year, about…
Read MoreWhile things may seem completely innocuous to you if you’ve never had any issues of your own with medical malpractice, it’s actually quite a large issue facing Americans today. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (also known as the CDC) estimated recently that an average of one in 323 children in the United States…
Read MoreOutside of a few very obvious scenarios, most Americans don’t know as much as they should about how to identify medical malpractice. This is a tragic oversight, considering medical negligence is the third leading cause of death in Americans today, trailing only heart disease and cancer. One of the most responsible things a person can…
Read MoreNo parent wants to find themselves wondering what to do when a birth injury occurs. It’s one of the worst things that can possibly happen to you or a loved one — some sort of accident has occurred and it’s affected the health of a loved one you are ultimately responsible for providing care for.…
Read MoreWorking as a birth injury lawyer can be one of the most difficult duties in the legal profession. It’s fair to compare the despair, pain, and turmoil it causes the unfortunate family to the feeling a doctor has as they struggle to save a patient. You can have all the training and knowledge in the…
Read MoreIn New York State, harmed, neglected, or improperly treated medical patients have the benefit of not being subjected to an arbitrary “cap” on what they can receive as a result of the work done by medical malpractice lawyers. While these caps are put in place to help protect healthcare organizations and individual professionals from exorbitant…
Read MoreThe last thing any parent wants to have to plan for is what to do when a birth injury occurs. Unfortunately, birth injury statistics reveal that — on average — about 28,000 babies are born with an injury every year. Often times, one of the most difficult things to determine is whether or not the…
Read MoreOne of the things that’s helping to improve the medical field to new heights is also contributing to medical malpractice facts. No one ever wants to be in the position to require medical malpractice lawyers, but it’s an unfortunate part of society. According to medical malpractice statistics from the Journal of the American Medical Association…
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