Court Opinion

ID: 9598936
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:13:15.932268+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:43.412864
License: Public Domain

ROONEY, Justice,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I would affirm the district court in all respects. I concur with the majority opinion relative to the nonexistence of the “wrongful life” claim. I also agree with the majority opinion with reference to the “wrongful birth” or “wrongful pregnancy” claim that the attributes of a child result in “incalculable benefits” to the parents. The benefits are incalculable because of their magnitude. This fact makes it impossible to establish any damage to the parents sufficient to offset the benefits. See Restatement of Torts (Second), § 920. Accordingly, the “wrongful birth” or “wrongful pregnancy” claim also does not exist.