Released: October 5, 2011
Albany -
Michael W. Kessler, a partner at Rosenblum, Ronan, Kessler and Sarachan in Albany, New York, has been invited to speak at an international legal conference on children with birth injuries. The conference is scheduled for October 14 and 15 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It is jointly sponsored by the Pan European Organization of European Lawyers and the Birth Trauma Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice.
The conference is being held to educate attorneys how to better protect the legal rights of children who have suffered injury as the result of obstetric malpractice. It will feature renowned physicians and attorneys from across Europe and the United States as speakers.
On October 14, Mr. Kessler will address the conference on his topic, "Using Actuarial Concepts to Determine Economic Loss in Catastrophic Birth Injury Cases." Mr. Kessler is a nationally recognized expert on life expectancy in personal injury litigation. In addition to his upcoming European presentation, Mr. Kessler has previously been invited to speak on this issue at many national legal conferences in the United States including the American Association for Justice and The North American Brain Injury Society, as well as internationally in Canada and in Australia to the Australian Lawyer's Alliance and the Queensland Law Society. He has also published a book chapter on this subject.
The cost of future care is often the largest component of damages for a catastrophically injured child. Therefore, an accurate determination of a plaintiff's life expectancy is vital to assure appropriate compensation. Mr. Kessler will discuss actuarial principles, use of life expectancy literature, mortality tables, and techniques to effectively present life expectancy information to judges and juries.
Mr. Kessler focuses his practice exclusively on representing catastrophically injured plaintiffs. He has won record-setting recoveries for plaintiffs, including a judgment in excess of $19 million, one of the largest personal injury awards ever upheld in the State of New York. In 2009 the New York State Bar Association published his book, Protecting the Catastrophically Injured Personal Injury Plaintiff's Recovery: The Benefits and Risks of Structured Settlements and Their Alternatives in a Changing Economy.
The personal injury law firm of Rosenblum, Ronan, Kessler and Sarachan is dedicated to helping victims and their loved ones who have suffered serious or catastrophic injures due to the negligence of others. The firm works to hold responsible parties accountable and obtain maximum compensation for victims and their families. For more information about the law firm of Rosenblum, Ronan, Kessler and Sarachan, call 888-445-2417 or visit their website at http://www.rrkslaw.com/. From their offices in Albany, the firm serves clients throughout New York State and nationwide.
