(DOWNLOAD) "Robert E. Howard Et Al. v. B. Douglas Lecher" by Court of Appeals of New York " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Robert E. Howard Et Al. v. B. Douglas Lecher
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 16, 1977
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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[42 N.Y.2d 109 Page 110] The issue presented is whether the parents can recover from the defendant doctor for the mental distress and emotional disturbances they suffered as a result of their infant daughter having been born with and eventually succumbing to Tay-Sachs disease, a progressive degenerative genetic disorder affecting the nervous system. In their complaint the parents allege that the doctor was negligent in that he failed to take a proper genealogical history or to properly evaluate it. They claim that he was aware that they both were Eastern European Jews and he, therefore, should have known of the high risk that the fetus would suffer from the disease. They contend further that had he made them aware of the risk involved and informed them of the availability of tests to determine the existence of the disease, they would have undergone the tests, and, had they been advised the fetus was afflicted with Tay-Sachs, they would have aborted the pregnancy.
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