Flax v. McNew

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that emotional distress was recoverable element of damages in “wrongful pregnancy” suit
• explaining that “wrongful pregnancy” is “merely a descriptive label for a form of malpractice” (citations omitted)
• con-eluding that statement in Zapata was not supported by cited cases and was dicta
• “All parties recognize that damages related to the education and maintenance of a normal, healthy child are not recoverable.”
• allowing recovery of medical expenses

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).