Crocker v. Roethling

BEASLEY, Judge.

Ronald and Paulette Crocker, as co-administrators of the Estate of Regan Elizabeth Crocker, (Plaintiffs) appeal from the trial court’s • grant of summary judgment to H. Peter Roethling, M.D. (Dr. Roethling) and Wayne Women’s Clinic, P.A. (the clinic). For the following reasons, we affirm.

On 14 September 2001, Paulette Crocker (Mrs. Crocker) was admitted to Wayne Memorial Hospital (Wayne Memorial) for an induction of labor. Delivery was complicated by shoulder dystocia, an obstetrical emergency where the fetal shoulder becomes impacted against the maternal pubic bone. A…