Does an obstetrician have a duty of care owed to a fetus where the fetus suffered a stroke before birth leading to atrophy to part of his brain?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Liebig v. Guelph General Hospital, 2009 CanLII 56297 (ON SC):
An obstetrician’s duty of care owed to a fetus was recognized where the fetus suffered a stroke before birth leading to atrophy to part of his brain: Cleugh v. Jones, [2001] B.C.J. No. 1274 at para. 23.
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