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Recovery Of Limited Damages In Wrongful Pregnancy Action: Johnson V. University Hospitals Of Cleveland, Liza F. Cohen
Recovery Of Limited Damages In Wrongful Pregnancy Action: Johnson V. University Hospitals Of Cleveland, Liza F. Cohen
Journal of Law and Health
The birth of a healthy, normal child in American society is generally considered a "blessed event." This is not always so when the pregnancy is unwanted or unplanned. Joy is not always followed by the birth of a child whose mother's pregnancy resulted from a failed sterilization or a failed abortion because of a physician's negligent act. The abortion or sterilization may have been sought because of the fear that a pregnancy would result in a child who might threaten the mother's physical wellbeing or would put a financial strain on the family. Such negligence on the part of a …