Reyes ex rel. Barcenas v. Roush

CASANUEVA, Judge.

Daisy Barcenas gave birth to Athany Reyes on May 25, 2005. At his birth, Athany appeared to have limited use of one of his arms, possibly a shoulder dysto-cia which may be caused by an injury to the brachial plexus nerve during birth. *588Dr. Catherine Nguyen Roush was the attending obstetrician. Athany underwent several years of physical therapy but by February 13, 2009, it appeared that continued therapy would never completely resolve the problem. Ms. Barcenas at that time consulted a specialist who told her that surgery was a possibility to attempt to restore full use of his…