Smith v. Gore

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, in an action for wrongful pregnancy, plaintiffs could recover damages for medical expenses, pain and suffering, loss of wages, and emotional distress or mental anguish
• holding that wrongful birth actions are actions by parents “on their own behalf”
• recognizing that parents have a common law and statutory duty to support their children
• recognizing that parents have a common law and statutory duty to support their children
• allowing recovery for medical expenses, recovery, delivery, pain and suffering, and emotional distress during pregnancy but not child-rearing costs
• allowing recovery for medical expenses, recovery, delivery, pain and suffering, and emotional distress during pregnancy but not child-rearing costs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).