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RIEKER v. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

9903-02458; A114011.

96 P.3d 833 (2004)

194 Or.App. 708

Beth RIEKER and Ted Rieker, Guardian Ad Litem for Joshua Rieker, a minor child, Appellants, v. KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, Northwest Permanente, P.C., and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 25, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn H. Clarke, Portland, argued the cause for appellants. With her on the briefs was Richard M. Rogers.

Cecil A. Reniche-Smith argued the cause for respondents. On the brief were Ruth Casby Rocker, Janet M. Schroer, and Hoffman, Hart & Wagner, LLP.

Before LANDAU, Presiding Judge, and ARMSTRONG and BREWER, Judges.

BREWER, J.

In this obstetrical malpractice case, plaintiffs appeal from a judgment for defendants after a jury verdict. We affirm.

Plaintiffs are the parents of and guardians ad litem for Joshua. During his birth, Joshua's left shoulder became stuck behind his mother's pubic bone, a circumstance known in the medical field as "shoulder dystocia." The doctors who delivered Joshua applied traction to free his shoulder. After he was born, Joshua's left...

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