Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Krusen
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 17, 1984No. C-1429PublishedCited by 271 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
SPEARS, Justice.
We withdraw our opinion and judgment of November 16, 1983, and substitute the following.
Tom and Gloria Nelson brought a wrongful birth suit in their own behalf and a wrongful life suit as next friends of Mark Nelson, their minor son, against Dr. Edward Krusen and Baylor University Medical Center. The Nelsons’ suits alleged that Dr. Krusen negligently advised them that Mrs. Nelson was not a genetic carrier of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and was no more likely than any other woman to have a child afflicted by the disease. The Nelsons further alleged that,…
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