Legal Opinion
Canesi Ex Rel. Canesi v. Wilson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 17, 1999PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
HANDLER, J.
In this medical malpractice case, parents brought suit against two obstetricians after their child was born with the congenital defect of bilateral limb reduction. The parents’ principal allegation was that the doctors were negligent in failing to warn them that a drug prescribed for the plaintiff mother posed the specific risk of fetal limb reduction and that the prescribed drug caused this defect. They also alleged other acts of negligence, including the failure to warn of general, unspecified fetal risks posed by the prescribed drug, and…
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- Schroeder v. PerkelSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
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