Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
wrongful birth action — n. A legal suit brought by parents against a doctor who failed to inform them of the risks of having a child with prospective birth defects. See also wrongful life action. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 … Law dictionary
wrongful-life action — n. A legal action on behalf of a child with birth defects, alleging that the parents would not have conceived the child or would have aborted the fetus if the doctor defendant had informed them of the congenital defects to be expected, in order… … Law dictionary
wrongful life action — n. A legal action on behalf of a child with birth defects, alleging that the parents would not have conceived the child or would have aborted the fetus if the doctor defendant had informed them of the congenital defects to be expected, in order… … Law dictionary
wrongful birth — n: a malpractice claim brought by the parents of a child born with a birth defect against a physician or health care provider whose alleged negligence (as in prenatal testing or diagnosis) effectively deprived the parents of the opportunity to… … Law dictionary
wrongful — Injurious, heedless, unjust, reckless, unfair; it implies the infringement of some right, and may result from disobedience to lawful authority. Buhler v. Marrujo, 86 N.M. 399, 524 P.2d 1015, 1019. See also tort @ wrongful abuse of process See… … Black's law dictionary
Wrongful abortion — The term Wrongful Abortion was defined by Perry Adar as an abortion that a pregnant woman is induced to undergo by negligent conduct (usually a medical misrepresentation). See [http://law.haifa.ac.il/faculty/eng/perry.htm Ronen Perry] Yehuda Adar … Wikipedia
wrongful pregnancy — wrongful preg·nan·cy n: a malpractice claim brought by the parents of a healthy but unwanted child usu. against a physician or health care provider for alleged negligence in performing a sterilization or abortion procedure and sometimes against a … Law dictionary
Wrongful life — is the name given to a legal action in which someone is sued for failing to prevent the birth of a severely disabled child.Typically a child and the parents will sue a doctor or a hospital for failing to provide information about the disability… … Wikipedia
tort — /tawrt/, n. Law. a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another s person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation. [1350 1400; ME: injury,… … Universalium
child — child; Children Progeny; offspring of parentage. Unborn or recently born human being. Wilson v. Weaver, 358 F.Supp. 1147, 1154. At common law one who had not attained the age of fourteen years, though the meaning now varies in different statutes; … Black's law dictionary
