Woods v. Lancet

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1951-12-06

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Lewis, J. (dissenting). .1 agree with the view of a majority of the court that prenatal injury to a child should not go unrequited by the one at fault. If, however, an unborn child is to be endowed with the right to enforce such requital by an action at law, I think that right should not be created by a judicial decision on the facts in a single case. Better, I believe, that the right should be the product of legislative action t…

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