PETERS v. GELB


314 A.2d 901 (1973)

Charles J. PETERS and Estelle Peters, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. Albert GELB and Harold S. Rafal, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Petition for Reargument Denied January 14, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Waggaman Berl, Jr., of Booker, Green, Shaffer, Berl & Wise, Wilmington, for plaintiffs below, appellants.

Rodney M. Layton and Jane R. Roth, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendants below, appellees.

CAREY and DUFFY, JJ., and QUILLEN, Chancellor, sitting.


CAREY, Justice:

Appellants, Charles J. Peters and Estelle Peters, brought an action in Superior Court against Albert Gelb and Harold S. Rafal, appellees, alleging medical malpractice. Appellants claimed that the appellees negligently performed a vasectomy on Mr. Peters. The operation, designed to prevent conception of offspring, was performed on June 12, 1970. Mrs. Peters subsequently discovered that she had become pregnant...

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