Florida Appellate Court Overturns $2.5M Wrongful Birth Verdict
January 10, 2014
On January 8, 2014, in a split decision, the District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida Fourth District overturned a $2.5 million verdict in a wrongful birth case. A wrongful birth claim is a medical malpractice claim in which the parents give birth to an impaired or deformed child and alle[...]
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Montana Judge OKs Wrongful Birth Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
June 25, 2012
On June 18, 2012, a Montana state judge gave approval to a medical malpractice case filed in October, 2011 that alleges a claim for wrongful birth. The medical malpractice plaintiffs claimed that had they been advised that their baby would be born with cystic fibrosis, they would have terminated [...]
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Oregon Medical Malpractice Wrongful Birth Verdict
March 20, 2012
On March 9, 2012, an Oregon medical malpractice jury returned a verdict after a ten-day trial in the amount of almost $3 million in favor of the parents of a Down syndrome daughter that the 12-member jury determined would help cover the extra costs of caring for their daughter that the parents c[...]
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Wrongful Birth Claims And Wrongful Life Claims
March 17, 2012
Wrongful birth claims and wrongful life claims are medical malpractice claims arising out of the allegation that the parents were negligently deprived of the opportunity to avoid a pregnancy or to terminate a pregnancy, usually involving a deformed fetus or a fetus with a severe medical conditio[...]
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