Legal Opinion
Laboratory Corp. of America v. Hood
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided December 1, 2006No. Misc. No. 1, September Term, 2006PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilner, J.
We have before us three questions of law certified by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland pursuant to the Maryland Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act (Maryland Code, §§ 12-601 through 12-613 of the Cts. & Jud. Proc. Article). The questions arise from an action by Karen and Scott Hood, Maryland residents, against two North Carolina corporations — Laboratory Corporation of America and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, which we shall refer to collectively as LabCorp.
The action is one that is often, but misleadingly, denominated as “wrongful birth.”…
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