Turpin v. Sortini

*223Opinion

KAUS, J.

This case presents the question of whether a child born with an hereditary affliction may maintain a tort action against a medical care provider who — before the child’s conception — negligently failed to advise the child’s parents of the possibility of the hereditary condition, depriving them of the opportunity to choose not to conceive the child. Although the overwhelming majority of decisions in other jurisdictions recognize the right of the parents to maintain an action under these circumstances, the out-of-state cases have uniformly denied the child’s right to bring what…