Schroeder v. Perkel

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

*57POLLOCK, J.

The sole issue on this appeal is the propriety of a grant of partial summary judgment to defendant physicians in a “wrongful conception” or “wrongful birth” action brought by the parents of a child with cystic fibrosis.

The parents allege that the negligent failure of defendants to diagnose cystic fibrosis, a hereditary disease, in their first child deprived the parents of an informed choice whether to have a second child. Consequently, the parents seek to recover the incremental medical costs associated with raising the second child who also…