Jackson v. Bumgardner

*174FRYE, Justice.

The question before this Court is whether plaintiffs’ complaint states a claim recognizable in this State for medical malpractice and breach of contract where the injury complained of is defendant’s improper failure to replace an intrauterine device, resulting in plaintiff wife’s pregnancy and the consequent birth of a healthy child. We hold that the complaint states a recognizable claim for medical malpractice as to plaintiff wife.

In January 1979, plaintiff Varonica Jackson consulted defendant physician because she was experiencing abnormal uterine bleeding. She was admitted to…