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Brachial plexus injured during delivery by resident - $950,000 Settlement (access required)

By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 19, 2010

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In 2004, plaintiff mother went in for labor and delivery. The delivery was complicated by a shoulder dystocia. A resident physician delivered the child under the supervision of an attending physician. At the delivery it was noted that the child’s left arm was injured. Defendant claimed that the shoulder dystocia was an unpredictable, unpreventable, obstetrical emergency ...
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