DIMMICK, J.
Where a healthy, normal child is born after an unsuccessful sterilization operation, may the parents recover damages in a tort action for the cost of rearing and educating that unplanned child? The trial court held in a partial summary judgment that child-rearing costs could not be recovered. We affirm.
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On March 7, 1980, Dr. Glen Aasheim performed a sterilization operation known as a tubal ligation upon Karen McKernan. Despite the operation...
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