wrongful-life action. A lawsuit brought by or on behalf of a child with birth defects, alleging that but for the doctor-defendant’s negligent advice, the parents would not have conceived the child or, if they had, would have aborted the fetus to avoid the pain and suffering resulting from the child’s congenital defects. • Most jurisdictions […]
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Conversion by depriving an owner of goods by delivering them to someone else so as to change the possession. [Cases: Carriers 93. C.J.S. Carriers § 408.]
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wrongful dishonor, n. A refusal to accept or pay (a negotiable instrument) when it is properly presented and is payable. Cf. DISHONOR.
indictment for wrongful death 〈美〉对不当致死的控告 旧时某些州的制定法规定可以提起的一种诉讼，用以对因不法行为而导致的死亡寻求获得赔偿。现这些制定法已被依照《坎贝尔勋爵法》〔Lord Campbell’s Act〕的模式制定的法律所取代，后者允许就此提起民事诉讼。
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wrongful-discharge action. A lawsuit brought by an ex-employee against the former employer, alleging that the termination of employment violated a contract or was illegal. — Also termed wrongful-termination action. [Cases: Master and Servant 30. C.J.S. Employer–Employee Relationship §§ 35, 38–40, 42–43, 56, 60.]
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wrongful-death action. A lawsuit brought on behalf of a decedent’s survivors for their damages resulting from a tortious injury that caused the decedent’s death. — Also termed death action; death case. Cf. SURVIVAL ACTION. [Cases: Death 7–12. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace § 273; Death §§ 17–31, 102.]
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wrongful-death statute. A statute authorizing a decedent’s personal representative to bring a wrongful-death action for the benefit of certain beneficiaries. — Formerly also termed death-damage statute. [Cases: Death 11. C.J.S. Death § 20.]
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wrongful adoption. 1. An adoption in which the adoption agency fails to provide adoptive parents with full or accurate information regarding the child’s physical or psychological background. • The adoptive parents normally do not seek to nullify the adoption. Rather, they seek damages, usu. for medical care and for emotional distress. 2. An adoptive parent’s
wrongful-birth action. A lawsuit brought by parents against a doctor for failing to advise them prospectively about the risks of their having a child with birth defects. [Cases: Health 687.]
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