Legal Opinion
Flint v. O'CONNELL
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided April 11, 2002No. 01-1021PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRoggensack, J.
¶ 1. Sarah Flint and Wayne Spencer Frank 1 sued Dr. Barbara A. O'Connell for negligently failing to diagnose Flint's pregnancy in a timely fashion. Flint and Frank contend that O'Connell's negligence prevented Flint from electing to have an abortion which caused them damages associated with the pregnancy, its effects on Flint's health and the costs of raising the healthy child born to them as a result. Because we conclude that Flint and Frank have not made a showing sufficient to distinguish the public policy concerns underlying the supreme court's prohibition against recovery of the costs of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Rieck v. Medical Protective Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
- Smith v. Dodgeville Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1997
- State v. WhitakerCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1992
- Fritz v. McGrathCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1988
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