GLASSMAN, Justice.
In late February, 1976, the plaintiff, a woman approximately thirty years old and the mother of four children, sought the professional services of the defendant, Dr. Dela Cruz, a neurosurgeon, complaining of a persistent pain in her lower back. In obtaining the medical history of the plaintiff, neither the doctor nor his nurse inquired into the possibility that the plaintiff was pregnant. Unknown to either Dr. Dela Cruz or Mrs. Cox, the plaintiff...
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