Citations
- 108 Ohio St. 3d 529
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{¶ 1} The judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed on the authority of Schirmer v. Mt. Auburn Obstetrics & Gynecologic Assoc., Inc., 108 Ohio St.3d 494, 2006-Ohio-942, 844 N.E.2d 1160.
Moyer, C.J., Resnick, Pfeifer and O’Connor, JJ., concur.
Lundberg Stratton, O’Donnell and Lanzinger, JJ., dissent.
O’Donnell, J.,
dissenting.
{¶ 2} Because the creation of a medical-malpractice action for wrongful birth following negligent genetic testing or failure to diagnose a fetal defect does not fit into traditional tort analysis and involves matters of public policy better left to the General Assembly, as I explained in my dissenting opinion in Schirmer v. Mt. Auburn Obstetrics & Gynecologic Assoc., Inc., 108 Ohio St.3d 494, 2006-Ohio-942, 844 N.E.2d 1160, I respectfully dissent.
Lundberg Stratton, J., concurs in the foregoing opinion.
Garson & Associates Co., L.P.A., Christian R. Patno, and James A. DeRoche, for appellee.
Reminger & Reminger Co., L.P.A., William A. Meadows, Brian D. Sullivan, and Jennifer Rinkes, for appellant Vikram Dogra, M.D.
Davis & Young, Jan L. Roller, and Richard M. Garner, for appellants University Hospitals, Cleveland Women’s Health Center, Debra Hanson, C.N.M., Sharon Kerwin, C.N.M., and Ann Raffis, C.N.P.
Lanzinger, J.,
dissenting.
{¶ 3} For the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in Schirmer v. Mt. Auburn Obstetrics & Gynecologic Assoc., Inc., 108 Ohio St.3d 494, 2006-Ohio-942, 844 N.E.2d 1160, I respectfully dissent.
Lundberg Stratton, J., concurs in the foregoing opinion.