TURPIN v. SORTINI

Docket No. S.F. 24319.

31 Cal.3d 220 (1982)

643 P.2d 954

182 Cal. Rptr. 337

JOY TURPIN, a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ADAM J. SORTINI et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

May 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Joseph P. Stretch for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Stammer, McKnight, Barnum & Bailey and Daniel O. Jamison for Defendants and Respondents.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, James E. Ludlam, Horvitz & Greines, Ellis J. Horvitz and Kent L. Richland as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

KAUS, J.

This case presents the question of whether a child born with an hereditary affliction may maintain a tort action against a medical care provider who — before the child's conception — negligently failed to advise the child's parents of the possibility of the hereditary condition, depriving them of the opportunity to choose not to conceive the child. Although...

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