Andrew v. Depani-Sparkes

¶ 1 Briana Andrews was born with a shoulder injury that has left her with permanent, debilitating nerve damage. Briana’s parents brought suit alleging that Briana’s injury was caused by the negligence of the medical professionals who delivered her. They claim the doctor negligently delivered Briana using techniques that injured her shoulder, and that Mercy Hospital’s nurses negligently administered too much of a labor-inducing drug, causing intense contractions that contributed to the injury.

¶2 The district court concluded that the Andrews lacked evidence that Mercy’s nurses had- contributed…