One birth injury which is commonly associated with negligent action on the part of doctors and medical staff is Erb's Palsy, a specific
type of brachial plexus injury.
As a likely response to the
avoidability of the brachial plexus injury and the consequent lawsuits for the deviations from the standard of care by the delivering health care professional, beginning in the late 1990s, medical researchers looking for ways to defend against the claims began developing an alternative causation theory for obstetric brachial plexus injuries.
The good news is that neuropraxia is the most common
type of brachial plexus injury, and that it is rare that your child will have lasting nerve damage.