Bowman v. Davis

Appellant presents two claims in this cause. One is that “public policy of the state of Ohio” bars “recovery of damages for the ‘wrongful life’ of a child *44following an unsuccessful sterilization procedure.” The other is that such damages are barred when “the patient knowingly and voluntarily signs a sterilization consent form relieving the physician and hospital from responsibility for any unfavorable results.”1

' The Court of Appeals held that the “patient sterilization consent form” signed by the Bowmans prior to Mrs. Bowman’s surgery “does not operate as a release of liability and does not…