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Wrongful Birth
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Arizona Bill Would Disallow Malpractice Suits for Failure to Inform Patients of Fetal Anomalies
Slate: Arizona Senate Approves Bill Allowing Anti-Abortion Doctors to Mislead Patients, by J. Bryan Lowder:As Jezebel reported yesterday, a committee of Arizona lawmakers has approved a bill that would prevent…
TortsProf Blog
Journal of European Tort Law: Volume 1, Issue 2
The European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law and Institute for European Tort Law are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 1, Issue 2 of the Journal of European Tort…
Family Law Prof Blog
$30k for Nursing the Wrong Child?
By Family Law
That is the amount of damages a Chicago couple is seeking for briefly beinggiven the wrong baby at the hospital following delivery in a story resembling the latest episode of…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
NOTE: There is no draft included for downloading. Nicolette M. Priaulx, a lecturer at Keele University Law School, has posted Beyond Stork Delivery: From Injury to Autonomy In Reconceptualising "Harm"…
TortsProf Blog
Wrongful Life & Contract
A new SSRN posting from Ronen Perry (University of Haifa) presents an interesting argument about wrongful birth cases. The abstract from the article (entitled "It's a Wonderful Life"): The title…
Family Law Prof Blog
Ohio House Approves Ban on Wrongful-Birth Lawsuits
By Family Law
Just ten days after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that parents of children with birth defects can sue phyisicians who fail to identify abnormalities, the Ohio House has passed a…
Family Law Prof Blog
Wrongful Birth
By Family Law
"Like most American women who give birth to a severely handicapped child, Donna Branca became pregnant with A.J. well before the age of 35. Had she been older, her doctors…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Ohio Supreme Court Allows Wrongful Birth Lawsuit: Legislature Moves to Bar Such Actions
By Family Law
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in Schirmer v. Mt. Auburn Obstetrics & Gynecologic Assoc., Inc.,that Parents of an unhealthy child born following negligent genetic counseling, or a negligent failure…