Legal Opinion
Gaines v. Wolcott
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 21, 1969No. 43991PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Felton, Chief Judge.
This appeal raises the question (ap-
parently a novel one in this State) of whether an unmarried, minor plaintiff can recover damages in her tort action against a chiropractor for her injuries, resulting from an illegal abortion performed upon her by him with her assent and caused by his alleged negligence prior to, during the course of and subsequently to said operation.
The law in this State is that, where one is engaged with another in the simultaneous and wilful violation of the same penal statute, he cannot recover damages for injuries inflicted upon him through the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Miller v. BennettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Hughes v. Atlanta Steel Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Norton v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
- Biegun v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
- Glover v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Jennie McCormack v. Mark HiedemanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- State v. AshleySupreme Court of Florida · 1997
- Arthur Pew Construction Company, Inc. v. Lurton E. Lipscomb, First National Bank of Atlanta, William L. Cooney, L. Patrick ClaiborneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Adams v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Hillman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
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