Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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 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 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 — 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
wrongful death — n: a death caused by the negligent, willful, or wrongful act, neglect, omission, or default of another sought damages for the wrongful death of their murdered daughter Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … 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
Life insurance — The foundation of life insurance is the recognition of the value of a human life and the possibility of indemnification for the loss of that value. F. C. Oviatt, Economic place of insurance and its relation to society[1] Life insurance is a… … Wikipedia
Affirmative action — For the history and implementation of affirmative action in the U.S., see Affirmative action in the United States. Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national… … Wikipedia
