Hankla v. Jackson

Doyle, Judge.

Zamarion Everett sustained a permanent brachial plexus injury 1 during his birth in 2003. His mother, Anita Jackson, filed the instant medical malpractice action, individually and as next friend of Everett, against Certified Nurse Midwife Vickie Hankla, who attended the birth, and Hankla’s employer, Southern OB-GYN Associates, EC. (collectively “Hankla”). Jackson argued that Hankla breached the standard of care during delivery when she applied lateral traction 2 with enough force to cause Zamarion’s injury during her attempts to deliver him during an obstetrical complication…