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Clark v. Childrens Memorial Hospital [108656]
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.ILLINOIS OFFICIAL REPORTS Supreme Court Clark v. Children's Memorial Hospital, 2011 IL Caption in Supreme Court: AMY CLARK et al., Appellees, v. THE CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL et al., Appellants. Docket No. Filed Rehearing denied May 6, 2011 September 26, 2011 Held (Note: This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.) Where parents asserted the tort of wrongful birth, their claim for the expenses of caring for their disabled child after he reached the age of majority was properly dismissed because the common law and statutes of Illinois do not require parents to support their children after they reach the age of majority; and, because the supreme court concluded here that the zone-of-danger test should not apply to plaintiffs who seek compensation for emotional distress as an element of damages for the tort of wrongful birth, the plaintiffs should be allowed, on remand, to amend th
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- contactCity: Springfield
- contactOrganization: Illinois Supreme Court
- contactPhoneNumber: 217-782-7821
- contactState: IL
- contactZipCode: 62701-1720
- dateCreated: 05 06 2011
- dateLastModified: 05 06 2011
- description: JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Thomas, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Freeman concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion. This Cook County civil action for damages is at the pleading stage.
- govType: State
- language: EN-English
- numberOrIssue: May 6
- originatorDepartment: Supreme Court
- originatorJurisdiction: Illinois
- originatorOffice: Illinois
- volumeOrYear: 2011