MEDICAL MALPRACTICE

BROWARD CIRCUIT COURT

A jury found an obstetrician was not to blame for an infant's brachial plexus injury.

On July 3, 2008, Isaac Medina was born and later diagnosed with a brachial plexus injury. His parents claimed the baby became stuck after his head was delivered, and the delivering physician, Dr. Channing Coe, excessively pulled on the head, causing tears in the baby's nerves.

Coe claimed there was no shoulder dystocia, which was verified by the nurses who were present and the medical record, and the baby's body was delivered 15 seconds after the head. He maintained a brachial plexus injury can happen without shoulder dystocia and the forces of labor can be strong enough to cause an avulsion of the nerves.

Case: Hernandez v. Coe

Case No.: CACE10039517

Plaintiffs attorney: Loreen I. Kreizinger, Loreen I. Kreizinger P.A., Fort Lauderdale

Defense attorney: Jonathon P. Lynn, Chimpoulis, Hunter & Lynn, Plantation