M.A. v. United States

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I.INTRODUCTION

We accepted certification in this case to decide whether a cause of action exists under Alaska law for a physician’s negligent failure to diagnose a pregnancy and, if so, the scope of recovery allowed under that cause of action. We conclude that negligent failure to diagnose a pregnancy gives rise to a cause of action for medical malpractice and is compen-sable to the extent that damages are ordinarily allowable in medical malpractice cases, but that no recovery may be awarded for expenses of rearing a healthy child born as a result of the misdiagnosis.

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