Wrongful Birth

Source: The Verdict – Issue 179 / Winter 2023
Author: Jessica Kim
Verdict cover Winter 2023

This is the eighth article in our series aimed at providing a detailed examination of the challenges and pitfalls in different types of medical negligence lawsuits and approaches to overcoming them. Jessica Kim discusses wrongful birth cases, including specific issues relating to causation and the inconsistent approaches taken by courts in determining damages for the cost of care for children born due to medical negligence, either with or without disabilities.

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