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[GRAPHIC: Jeffrey M. Goldberg Law Offices, Balancing the Scales of Justice, www.GoldbergLaw.com, 1-800-564-1707, 20 North Clark Street, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60602; 241 North Broadway, Suite 202, Milwaukee, WI 53202]

JEFFREY GOLDBERG: Our firm has handled probably more birth injuries than almost any other firm in Illinois, Wisconsin and several other Midwest states.

I think there are only very few of us that concentrate in the area and do enough of it to really understand the very complicated, complex medical issues, both in terms of whether the doctors or nurses were doing what was right, but also more importantly today in trying to prove that what the doctors did was the actual cause of the cerebral palsy or other injury that is devastating the life of the young child.

Birth injury litigation is probably one of the most emotionally charged areas of litigation there is. It's one thing to know that a patient themselves is suffering an injury, but to know that their child will never grow up to be normal, never walk independently, never live independently and never go on to do those things we want for all of our children is horribly devastating on the immediate family but also on the extended family.

I try to visit the homes of as many clients as I possibly can. I want to make sure that I can understand what the family is going through and how they care for their child. It's only through that understanding that we can adequately present to the jury the true situation.

I do think that by the litigation we conduct we help hospitals realize they have to police themselves, they have to provide the best medical care, and they have to rid themselves of practitioners that aren't practicing at a reasonable standard. Otherwise they will be subjected to significant verdicts and settlements.

[GRAPHIC: Jeffrey M. Goldberg Law Offices, Balancing the Scales of Justice, www.GoldbergLaw.com, 1-800-564-1707, 20 North Clark Street, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60602; 241 North Broadway, Suite 202, Milwaukee, WI 53202]

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Jeffrey M. Goldberg Law Offices proudly celebrates 36 years of helping clients balance the scales of justice.

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Case Results

An expectant mother presented at her hospital in Chicago for the delivery of her first child. Her physician was not present and the hospital's "house doctor", who had not been formally trained in obstetrics, was managing the labor with attending nurses. By the time the personal physician arrived the fetus had suffered a significant lack of oxygen and was delivered in a very depressed state. The baby developed cerebral palsy. On the eve of trial, the hospital and other defendants offered a global settlement with a present cash value in excess of $13,000,000.00 including some portions in cash and future payments that will support the child for life.

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A History of Success

When a newborn with hyperbilirubinemia went untreated and suffered brain damage, the firm obtained a structured settlement worth more than $35 million for our client.

36 years!

Jeffrey M. Goldberg Law Offices proudly celebrates 36 years of helping clients balance the scales of justice.

Jeffrey M. Goldberg has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer for the eighth year in a row.

In a single year, Jeffrey M. Goldberg Law Offices settled over 20 cases with a combined value of more than $100 million.

Jeffrey M. Goldberg is on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), The Public Justice Foundation and the American Association for Justice's Birth Trauma Litigation Group.