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SCHROEDER v. PERKEL

87 N.J. 53 (1981)

432 A.2d 834

ANN SCHROEDER, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM MARION SCHROEDER; AND JOHN SCHROEDER AND MARION SCHROEDER, INDIVIDUALLY; AND THOMAS SCHROEDER BY HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM, MARION SCHROEDER, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. HAROLD PERKEL, M.D. AND BERNARD VENIN, M.D., DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Ehnert argued the cause for appellants (Chasan, Leyner, Holland & Tarrant, attorneys).

Donald L. Mantel argued the cause for respondents (Weiner, Ostranger, Pearl & Mantel, attorneys).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by POLLOCK, J.

The sole issue on this appeal is the propriety of a grant of partial summary judgment to defendant physicians in a "wrongful conception" or "wrongful birth" action brought by the parents of a child with cystic fibrosis.

The parents allege that the negligent failure of defendants to diagnose cystic fibrosis, a hereditary disease, in their first child deprived the...

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