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  • Title: Ellis v. Sherman.
    Author: Pennsylvania. Superior Court.
    Journal: Atl Report; 1984 Jun 29; 478():1339-44. PubMed ID: 11648238.
    Abstract:
    The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County, in its dismissal of a claim by the parents of a disabled child for "wrongful life." The infant was born with neurofibromatosis after the pediatrician, although informed before the child's conception that the father had a history of skin disease, failed to investigate its possible genetic implications. The Superior Court had ruled previously that claims for wrongful life would not be recognized in Pennsylvania due to the impossibility of calculating damages based on a comparison of impaired life with nonexistence.
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