· 6/30/1986
Gallagher v. Duke University
Citations
- 638 F. Supp. 979
- 1986 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23456
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a “cause of action . . . must exist in North Carolina when ... a health care provider negligently provides [genetic] counseling and information which induces a couple to conceive a defective child”
- allowing physician’s liability to couple for negligent genetic counseling and noting couple’s right to plan family
- applying North Carolina law to case brought under Federal Tort Claims Act
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Judges: Erwin
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