DUMER v. ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL

No. 57 (1974).

69 Wis.2d 766 (1975)

233 N.W.2d 372

DUMER, by Guardian ad litem, and others, Appellants, v. ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided September 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Gerald J. Bloch and Phillips, Hoffman & Bloch, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Gerald J. Bloch.

For the respondent St. Michael's Hospital there was a brief by Kluwin, Dunphy, Hankin & McNulty, attorneys, and Michael J. Pfau of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Pfau; for the respondents Physicians Emergency Service Corporation, Eleanor Regan, personal representative of the estate of Joseph Regan, M.D., and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, there was a brief by Arnold, Murray & O'Neill, attorneys, and Robert C. Watson of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Watson.


BEILFUSS, J.

The amended complaint attempts to set forth two causes of action. The first one is by the guardian ad litem on behalf of the infant minor Tanya for wrongful life caused by rubella (German measles) suffered by her mother during the first trimester of her mother's pregnancy. The infant Tanya was born with deformities, mental retardation and anomalies because her mother had rubella during pregnancy. The second cause of action is by the parents, Ritchie...

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