Rieck v. Medical Protective Co.

This is an action for damages based on the birth of a normal child, healthy and well. The action is brought by the father who sired and the mother who bore the baby boy against a clinic and the obstetrician who allegedly failed to determine and timely inform the mother that she was pregnant.

The basis of the parents’ action is that the child, their fourth, was an unwanted addition to the family circle. There is no allegation that the child, once born, is or will continue to be an unwelcome member of the family household. Nor is there any allegation that the parents sought to terminate their…