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· 4/12/1990

WALKER BY PIZANO v. Mart

Citations

  • 790 P.2d 735
  • 164 Ariz. 37
  • 58 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 15
  • 1990 Ariz. LEXIS 68

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 child born with severe defects could not maintain a cause of action against physician because “the ability to decide questions of contraception or termination of pregnancy resides in the parents, not the fetus[,]” and therefore the child sustained no injury
  • rubella syndrome marked by cerebral palsy, deafness, and cardiac abnormalities
  • see Utah Code Ann. § 78-11-23 et seq. [1987]
  • analyzing duty and injury as separate legal issues
  • “rubella syndrome” caused by “German measles” during pregnancy

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Judges: Feldman, Gordon, Cameron, Moeller, Corcoran

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