(Scotland) Where a hospital had negligently failed to diagnose a foetus with Down’s Syndrome, it became liable to the father as well as the mother for damages for initial shock and distress and continued emotional stress bringing up a Down’s child.
Lord Macfadyen
Times 14-Oct-1998, 1999 SLT 543, 1999 SC 30, 1998 SCLR 1081, [1998] ScotCS 12
Bailii
Scotland
Updated: 14 September 2021; Ref: scu.83565