Legal Opinion
Acuna v. Turkish
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided September 12, 2007PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Albin
Plaintiff Rosa Acuna filed a malpractice action against Dr. Sheldon Turkish, her obstetrician-gynecologist, claiming that she did not give him informed consent to perform a procedure terminating her pregnancy. In her complaint, plaintiff specifically alleges that Dr. Turkish breached a duty owed to her by failing to inform her of “the scientific and medical fact that [her six- to eight-week-old embryo] was a complete, separate, unique and irreplaceable human being” and that an abortion would result in “killing an existing human being.” Plaintiff contends that every physician, before…
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