Curlender v. Bio-Science Laboratories

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that genetic counselors owe a duty to an unborn and even unconceived child as well as parents
• stating that “[i]n California, infants are presumed to experience pain and suffering when injury has been established, even if the infant is unable to testify and describe such pain and suffering”
• finding a duty against medical professionals who negligently performed genetic testing
• “a cause of action based upon . . . illegitimacy contrasted with legitimacy[] should not be recognizable at law”
• \a cause of action based upon ... illegitimacy contrasted with legitimacy[ ] should not be recognizable at law\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Harbeson v. Parke-Davis, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-02-10· cited 197×
• Turpin v. Sortini
  California Supreme Court· 1982-05-03· cited 165×
• Smith v. Gore
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1987-04-13· cited 139×
• Schroeder v. Perkel
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-07-15· cited 129×
• Procanik by Procanik v. Cillo
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1984-08-01· cited 128×
• Ermoian v. Desert Hospital
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-06-22· cited 118×
• Barbara A. v. John G.
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-07-26· cited 93×
• Blake v. Cruz
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1985-04-04· cited 91×
• Smith v. Cote
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1986-07-09· cited 91×
• Speck v. Finegold
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-31· cited 89×
• Andalon v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-12-12· cited 75×
• Robert Robak and Anna Robak, Cross-Appellants v. United States of America, Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-11-17· cited 65×
• Phillips v. United States
  D. South Carolina· 1981-01-19· cited 54×
• Arche v. United States
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1990-08-31· cited 37×
• Hegyes v. Unjian Enterprises, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1991-09-30· cited 37×
• Grieves v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-06-14· cited 36×
• Gami v. Mullikin Medical Center
  California Court of Appeal· 1993-09-08· cited 36×
• Goldberg v. Ruskin
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-10-17· cited 32×
• Moores v. Lucas
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-10-28· cited 29×
• Simmons v. West Covina Medical Clinic
  California Court of Appeal· 1989-07-27· cited 27×

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Roe v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 5,581×
• Rowland v. Christian
  California Supreme Court· 1968-08-08· cited 1,329×
• Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.
  Supreme Court· 1931-02-24· cited 1,290×
• Dillon v. Legg
  California Supreme Court· 1968-06-21· cited 1,026×
• Crisci v. Security Insurance
  California Supreme Court· 1967-04-21· cited 473×
• Becker v. Schwartz
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-12-27· cited 460×
• Daar v. Yellow Cab Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1967-11-15· cited 412×
• Rodriguez v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1974-08-21· cited 260×
• Berman v. Allan
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1979-06-26· cited 197×
• Howard v. Lecher
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-06-16· cited 141×
• Custodio v. Bauer
  California Court of Appeal· 1967-05-24· cited 139×
• Gleitman v. Cosgrove
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1967-03-06· cited 132×
• Capelouto v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
  California Supreme Court· 1972-09-11· cited 125×
• Jacobs v. Theimer
  Texas Supreme Court· 1975-02-19· cited 111×
• Stills v. Gratton
  California Court of Appeal· 1976-02-25· cited 68×
• Speck v. Finegold
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-12-18· cited 58×
• Elliott v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-08-18· cited 52×
• Zepeda v. Zepeda
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1963-04-03· cited 50×
• Gildiner v. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1978-05-25· cited 38×
• Williams v. State
  New York Court of Appeals· 1966-12-29· cited 34×