Reed v. Campagnolo

MEMORANDUM AND CERTIFICATION ORDER

LEGG, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek damages resulting from the birth of a child who suffers from a variety of genetic birth defects. Briefly stated, plaintiffs contend that the defendants, two physicians, failed to inform Mrs. Reed, who was pregnant, of the existence and need for pre-natal testing which would have revealed the child’s defects in útero. Armed with this information, Mrs. Reed would have terminated her pregnancy, contend plaintiffs. Plaintiffs’ two theories of recovery are wrongful birth and lack of informed consent.

Defendants in this case have…