Three years after her birth Omaha resident Chaylee Bentzinger-Hill still has no use of her arm as a result of an injury she suffered at birth.
Personal injury attorneys, Joseph and Patrick Cullan, represented Chaylee’s parents birth injury case winning the family $1.8 million.
Personal injury or accident attorneys represent people that suffer an injury due to the negligence or wrongdoing of another person.
From his work with accident victims over the last 25 years, John F. Kennedy, accident attorney Wheaton MD specialist knows that, “your life can be totally sidelined due to someone else’s negligence”.
Accident, birth, and other types of personal injury attorneys all work to have their clients continue their lives in the best possible way by helping them to receive fair compensation for their losses.
In Chaylee’s case, the doctors that delivered her used a vacuum to help pull her through the birth canal. In this procedure, Chaylee got stuck and when trying to free her, one of the doctors pulled down on her head and caused a severe nerve damage that left her arm useless. While the doctors were well-intended, Chaylee’s was compensated for having her life dramatically changed by this injury.
Lawyers Silver Spring MD, John F. Kennedy and Kathleen A. Dolan, believe that one of their biggest responsibilities to their clients is giving proper advice on whether a case should go to litigation or settlement or go to trial.
The $1.8 million awarded to Chaylee’s parent provides an example of an injury case that highly favored the victim and her family.
Not all cases end so favorably for the victim as there are many factors that go into a single case, such as complex state and federal laws. In addition there are many personal injury legal areas so it is important to find a lawyer that specializes in your type of injury.
In addition, due to growing demand now many personal injury attorneys are also serving the Spanish-speaking U.S. population. Attorneys Kennedy & Dolan, for example, operate a Spanish speaking law Silver Spring Maryland office.
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