Marciniak v. Lundborg

Douglas and Paula Marciniak seek review of a court of appeals' decision which barred their cause of action for costs involved in raising a normal, healthy child conceived subsequent to an allegedly negligent sterilization operation. (The issue of negligence has not yet been tried.) The issues presented to this court are whether the costs of raising the child to the age of majority or beyond are recoverable by the parents, and if so, to what extent these costs should be offset by any benefit they derive from the child. We conclude that the costs of raising the child to the age of majority may…