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).