SILCOX v. BOWER

No. 591-S-1987.

2 Pa. D. & C. 4th 248 (1989)

Silcox v. Bower

Common Pleas Court of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

February 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johathan A. Briskin, for plaintiff.

Francis P. Fitzsimmons, for defendant Reading Hospital and Medical Center.

Melinda S. Shoop, for defendants.

Wiley P. Parker, for defendant West Reading Radiology Associates.

Grant Fleming, for defendants Hershey Medical Center.


DOWLING, J., February 22, 1989.

Concealed like a fetus in utero, there lies hidden in Senate Bill 646 (approved April 13, 1988), an act dealing primarily with substantial changes in the post-conviction rights of convicted criminals, a section abolishing the cause of action for wrongful birth,1 though such a topic bears about the same relationship to criminal law as does bullfighting to agriculture. To further complicate the matter...

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