Tort Law - Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life Actions - Damages

Authors

Margaret M. Boldt

Abstract

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that an infant cannot bring an action for wrongful life, but parents of the infant can maintain a cause of action for wrongful birth and recover damages for mental distress and physical inconvenience incident to the birth.

Speck v. Finegold, 497 Pa. 77, 439 A.2d 110 (1981) (per curiam).

First Page

1113

Recommended Citation

Margaret M. Boldt, Tort Law - Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life Actions - Damages, 21 Duq. L. Rev. 1113 (1983).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol21/iss4/12