Legal Opinion
Grubbs Ex Rel. Grubbs v. Barbourville Family Health Center, P.S.C.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided August 27, 2003No. 2001-SC-0563-DG, 2001-SC-0961-DG, 2001-SC-0571-DG, 2001-SC-0959-DGPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Chief Justice LAMBERT.
This Court granted discretionary review to consider two issues of first impression in this Commonwealth. The first is whether the parents of a child born with incurable and profound birth defects have a cause of action against a physician for failing to correctly diagnose and/or inform them of the fetal medical condition in time for an abortion. The second issue is whether the child has a claim for the same medical errors or omissions.1 To decide these issues, we must focus on three areas of inquiry: (1) whether these are new causes of action…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Steelvest, Inc. v. Scansteel Service Center, Inc.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1991
- Becker v. SchwartzNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Mullins v. Commonwealth Life Insurance Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1992
- Schroeder v. PerkelSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1981
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3Cited by24 opinions
- State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance v. HargisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
- Pamela Plowman and Jeremy Plowman v. Fort Madison Community Hospital, Pil Kang, John Paiva, Davis Radiology, P.C., Leah Steffensmeier, the Women's Center, and Fort Madison Physicians and SurgeonsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017
- Bosch v. Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 2014
- Hyman & Armstrong, P.S.C. v. GundersonKentucky Supreme Court · 2008
- Willis Ex Rel. Willis v. WuSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2004
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