Blash v. Glisson

Benham, Judge.

Acting on their own behalf and as next friends of their minor children, appellants sued appellee for medical malpractice, alleging that appellee’s negligent performance of a sterilization procedure resulted in an unplanned pregnancy and birth. The damages sought were the costs of rearing the child to age 18. The trial court granted summary judgment to appellee, ruling that there is no cause of action in Georgia which allows recovery in a case in which, as here, the child is born healthy. We reverse.

1. Subsequent to the trial court’s order in the present case, the Supreme Court…