[DOWNLOAD] "Steven D. Johnson v. Yeshiva University Et Al." by Court of Appeals of New York ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Steven D. Johnson v. Yeshiva University Et Al.
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 12, 1977
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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[42 N.Y.2d 818 Page 819] Memorandum. The plaintiff mother gave birth to the infant plaintiff, who, born a cri-du-chat child, was doomed by that condition to a life of helpless physical and mental retardation. This action, brought by the child and its parents, is grounded on defendants' alleged medical malpractice in failing, when consulted for genetic counseling during the course of the pregnancy, to have advised and performed an amniocentesis, a diagnostic procedure which the plaintiffs assert would have revealed that the child the mother was bearing was afflicted with a chromosomal defect which preordained its abnormality and, on the basis of which, an informed decision could have been made as to whether an abortion that would terminate the fetus' existence should be obtained.*