Topic
Wrongful Life
17 published works
TortsProf Blog
Two by Billauer on Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth
Barbara Pfeffer Billauer has posted two pieces on wrongful life to SSRN. The first is The Sperminator as a Public Nuisance: Redressing Wrongful Life and Birth Claims in New Ways…
Pennsylvania Law Monitor
Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth Claims in Pennsylvania
Wrongful Birth claims are used to seek damages on behalf of any person who claims that, as a result of an act or omission of a defendant, the already conceived…
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…
Mass Tort Defense
Third Circuit Decides Wrongful Life Case
By Sean Wajert
A federal appeals court has upheld a district court decision denying the product liability claims of a plaintiff against a tissue bank which allegedly
Health Law Prof Blog
Defective Sperm No Basis for Products Liability Suit
Hat tip to Kim Krawiec over at the Faculty Lounge for this story: The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in Donovan v. Idant Laboratories that genetic defects…
The Faculty Lounge
Defective Sperm No Basis For Products Liability Suit
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in Donovan v. Idant Laboratories that genetic defects in sperm from a sperm bank cannot form the basis for a products…
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…