Article: San Joaquin, Calif., Nurse Sues Hospital over Labor and Delivery Injury.

Byline: Michelle Terwilleger

Oct. 29--Labor and delivery nurse Barbara Clark stood beside an obstetrician at the end of a hospital bed where a woman was in the throes of delivery.

WHAM!

The mother kicked Clark in the face, slamming her head against a concrete wall, breaking her teeth and injuring her jaw.

It was a turning point in Clark's life.

That moment marked the beginning of what has become a nine-year workers' compensation dispute between Clark and her former employer, San Joaquin Community Hospital.

Clark, 43, said the injury, her difficulties in getting health care and eventual loss of her job led to ...

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