FRV

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 21-cv-329 DMS (BLM) FRV, a Minor, By and Through His Guardian ad Litem, CRISTAL FINDINGS OF FACT AND CAZARES VALENZUELA; and CONCLUSIONS OF LAW SONIA VALENZUELA PEREZ, Individually, 13 Plaintiffs, 14 v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

and DOES 1 through 20, Inclusive,

Defendant. 18 Plaintiffs FRV, a minor, by and through his guardian ad litem, Cristal Cazares Valenzuela (“Ms. Cazares”), and Sonia Valenzuela Perez (“Ms. Valenzuela”), filed their Complaint in this case on February 23, 2021, against Defendant United States of America alleging one count of medical negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) relating to a birth injury of FRV. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiffs allege an employee of the United States, Melissa Hawkins, M.D. (“Dr. Hawkins”), an obstetrician-gynecologist (“OBGYN”), committed medical malpractice by mismanaging Ms. Valenzuela’s labor and delivery of her son, FRV, thereby causing …