Tax,
Civil Litigation
Jun. 27, 2019
Are damages in wrongful life and wrongful birth cases taxable?
As medicine, science, and the law continue to develop, lawsuits for wrongful birth and wrongful life are increasingly being recognized. These causes of action sound similar but are technically different.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
As medicine, science, and the law continue to develop, lawsuits for wrongful birth and wrongful life are increasingly being recognized. These causes of action sound similar but are technically different. They both are akin to medical malpractice cases. Wrongful birth actions are brought by parents to recover for the birth of an unhealthy child. The parents' right to recover is based on the defendant's negligent deprivation of their right to not ...
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