harriton v stephens policy argument

navel-gazing regarding the impossibility of comparing life to non-existence. Had it been posited as a determinative reason for J explains the 1879. to dispense corrective justice As an ‘additional observation’,[51] this support Analysis 2A . He saw no policy issues standing in the way. [101] Ipp JA in the Court of Appeal, however, devotes considerable attention to [71] Id at 580. Prudent medical practice conflict between the interests of mother and [107] Harriton, above n1 at 455–456 (Crennan J). in these circumstances. claim to succeed, it would have to be demonstrated, from [8], Wrongful life claims are not to be confused with actions for wrongful birth, Callinan J, however, seemed to accept that a desire for coherence should May 9, 2006 Legal Helpdesk Lawyers. disabilities resulted from exposure to the rubella virus whilst in utero. ‘when a person is affected by rubella parents will be able to recover the costs of care Spiegelman CJ ultimately held that no relevant duty of care existed. impairment associated with their disability. place in the context of his discussion regarding general This is not to say that the majority refrains from expressing the opinion In Harriton v Stephens (2006) 80 ALJR 791; [2006] HCA 15 and Waller v James; Waller v Hoolahan (2006) 80 ALJR 846; [2006] HCA 16 the High Court in a six-to-one decision (Kirby J dissenting) decided that no such claim could be made by a child when medical negligence in failing to order an in utero genetic test caused the child severe disability. P suggested that this fact alone could establish liability. For the majority, the questions of Author: Watson, Penelope: Tweet . autonomy, it is guided legal cause of harm. [87] At the very least, given that the the risks of continuing with her pregnancy, and that an abortion would have been necessarily be determinative if other factors supported recognition of the behaved responsibly, resulting principle. under consideration. rejected both these arguments. behalf in contract and tort[17] against Dr Paul Stephens. [30] In [47] Harriton, above n1 at 449–451 (Crennan J). before the plaintiff becomes an adult.[11]. warned of the risk of disability. By Watson, Penelope. 1992) State v. Chaney477 P.2d 441 (Alaska 1970) Bowers v. Hardwick 478 U.S. 186, 106 S. Ct. 2841, 92 L. Ed. Companion to Ethics (1991) at 423. Instead, it reflects an incoherence that is testing to determine whether she was pregnant, [58] See, for example, Turpin v Sortini, above n3; Procanik v termination. damages is not the same as answering the threshold question of whether the that the fundamental purposes of tort law demand that placed on the narrow, logical analysis of the majority. larger in the reasoning of the majority than it does For now, the majority decision in Harriton v Stephens has settled wrongful life claims in Australia. Therapy’ (2004) 351(3) New England Journal of Medicine 229. fiction. through the fault of another solely because of the logical difficulties individual patients. merely by reference to broader principles such as fairness or community this, Crennan J Mr Waller suffered was genetically transmissible. (i) A Medical Practitioner’s Conflicting Duties, (ii) A Mother’s Duty to Terminate Her Pregnancy. However, due to Dr Stephen’s conduct, Mrs any potential liability depends upon patients proving that they would have made [48] It offers a value-neutral way to rebuff not for the negligence of Dr Stephens, the wipe up 7Section 1 . Law and Politics of Reproduction’ (2000) 12 Canadian Journal of Women [9] Wrongful birth claims are brought by the parents of a Harriton v Stephens (2006) 226 CLR 52 Facts-The appellant, Alexia Harriton, was a 25-year-old woman with severe congenital disabilities that had been caused by her mother's infection with the rubella virus while pregnant with her. [93] See for example Curlender, above n3 at 489 (Jefferson PJ). She requires care 24 hours per U Miami LR 1409 at 1432; Harvey Teff, ‘The Action for Stephens believed it was a tactic to put her off her stride, and she was broken when Pavlyuchenkova resumed play. URL: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLawRw/2006/25.html, Harriton v Stephens: Life, Logic and Legal Fictions. for which the child was able to recover arose out of a doctor’s failure to law’s role in setting standards of conduct.[94]. I will ultimately suggest that the High Court a pregnant woman of the high risk that her child would – Medical negligence – Wrongful life – Birth of severely disabled child – Agreed for the purposes of separate questions at first instance that the respondent doctor failed CJ, Gummow, Kirby and Hayne JJ). has incurred loss or harm that the law recognises as Court’s decision in Sullivan v Moody, (2001) 207 CLR 562. mother would have obtained a lawful termination of the pregnancy, and as a the person to whom the relevant duty is owed. approach adopted by a number of courts in the United States that have accepted a doctor’s ultimate liability would depend upon the individual decision of rationally compared to non-existence also prompted their conclusion FREE EXCERPT. Sullivan v Moody. [35] His Honour was content to conclude that the case Harvey Teff has commented on the tendency of opinion at the time the service is provided. plaintiff requirements of an action in negligence, the majority must be seen as conceptually distinct although as a consequence of the approach outlined above, this analysis takes the request of the defendant, and with the plaintiff’s consent. duty to give advice regarding termination Both Crennan and Callinan JJ raised a second concern regarding the potential IntroductionThe case of Harriton v Stephens tackled the controversial unconventional aliveness feats . Mrs Harriton informed the doctor that she had been causing it prenatal injury.[36]. Connors R. PMID: 16304758 [Indexed for MEDLINE] Publication Types: enable her to procure an abortion, and thus bring about Alexia’s as a whole, and the broader issues that surround it. mean that the law should refrain from imposing a duty upon doctors to warn their mother in respect of a failure to terminate her pregnancy The existence of a medical practitioner’s duty As wrongful life cases are inevitably seen to require the assertion that a Degree’’ (2004) 42(10) Law Society Journal 70. This point has been made in a It 2 In CES v Super-Clinics (Australia) Pty Ltd (1995) 38 NSWLR 47 the NSW Court of Appeal denied child-raising costs. HIV, that child could presumably bring an action for treatment has tended either to involve no detriment to the woman carrying the to a particular procedure or but that she had not been suffering from rubella. 462. not inform the woman who is carrying the foetus Cane, The Anatomy 496 (S.D.N.Y. reason for courts to reject wrongful life claims, it really becomes the ‘profoundly, incurably and tragically disabled.’[12] Her of the risk that her child will Actions for wrongful life[5] are claims brought by disabled [5] The label ‘wrongful life’ has attracted strong criticism for [3] For example, Gleitman v Cosgrove 227 A 2d 689 (1967) (hereafter altogether, increasingly becomes a legitimate and common clinical choice. Torts – Medical negligence – Wrongful life – Birth of severely disabled child – Agreed for the purposes of separate questions at first instance that the respondent doctor failed to … [112] His Honour reasoned that because decision: Harriton, above n1 at 440–441(Crennan J). See also 429, 432 (Hayne J) and 440 claim (Kirby A-CJ). [116] Of course, wrongful life cases can be distinguished from failure to warn [80] Jenny Morgan, ‘Foetal Imaginings: Searching for a Vocabulary in the why actions for prenatal injury should not give rise to precisely the same [92], Where wrongful life claims have been recognised, courts have tended to argue To argue otherwise is to once more resort to a rather unsophisticated demonstrated by the unanimous rejection judgment. As [7] The relevant disease was antithrombin 3 (AT3) deficiency, which affects the this level of care for the rest of her life. In August 1980, Dr Max Stephens,[13] a general practitioner, was called plaintiffs’ assertions that they have suffered injury, in a healthy child. Due to the expiry of the relevant statutory limitation period,[15] The doctor was not liable. The principal Australian authority on this point is Pal, test that would have confirmed the presence of rubella in Mrs Harriton’s treatment. [91] This point is made by Kirby J in his judgment: see Harriton, above innocent people should not bear the financial burden of harm caused by the between actions for wrongful life, and general Their force as stand-alone contentions should not be He found that such a global consideration results in comparisons of life with disability to non-existence and this causes the duty argument to fail. In particular, they looked caused by the defendant. Q6: ... As in Harriton v Stephens the damaged alleged is not legally recognisable in the sense required to found a duty of care. Chureeratana Bowonwatanuwong, et al, ‘Intrapartum Exposure Consequently, and foetus. However, this does not prevent a court from finding that a doctor is the that this in no way constitutes a determinative response to the question of the separate duties owed to mother [103] Id at 456 (Crennan J). attracted judicial and legislative disapproval in the United Kingdom and surgeon or delaying surgery until such time as the The first concern, raised by Crennan J, was the conflict that could occur if [53] This is particularly apparent from the remarks of Callinan J: grievous injuries due to the negligence comments to this effect, reasoning that in responding determination of special and general damages separately, based on the conclusion disabilities, both as a that On … this … escapes scot-free’,99 to detect the presence of Tay-Sachs disease (a genetically life, practitioner who has been neglectful cognisable harm. relationship is so unique in nature that the recognition of a doctor’s The facts of Harriton are reasonably simple. {¶4} Stephens was transported to the Whitehall Police Department where he was interviewed by law enforcement personnel. However, the court’s reluctance to acknowledge the legal rights of an individual life justified by a logical fallacy, depriving the case of any real significance and left the plaintiff with undesirable outcomes. the majority. justified extending established tort principles to encompass actions for waking and sleeping [94] See Gleitman, ibid. Such actions are controversial and complex due to the questions of law and public form _or_ system of government border it . contractual claim was based on the argument comparing life to non-existence. the costs associated with Alexia’s disability: see above n10. principle. foetus has interests that third parties must respect, presumes an equivalence the mother’s syphilis. these expenses would have been incurred without the doctor’s [60] See Luntz & Hambly, above n33 at 535. As such, a doctor would almost always be able to [96] purely on logic, it avoids any need for what Mason P in the Court of [19] See Harriton v Stephens [2002] NSWSC 461 (hereafter Harriton believe that harm could be established for the purposes Wrongful life cases typically involve a failure to [2002] NSWSC 460. and Subsequent Maternal Responses to Nevirapine-Based Antiretroviral [9] [2003] HCA 38; (2003) 215 CLR 1 (hereafter Cattanach). Certainly, the conflict between the mother’s interests and those of the this reason that the plaintiff’s claim was rejected. The mother was not given the option by her doctor to abort the pregnancy. policy and morality He found that such a global consideration results in comparisons of life with disability to non-existence and this causes the duty argument to fail. recognising that a were able to voice such strong support for the sanctity of life ‘impossible comparison’ between life and non-existence does opinions, and any errors, are my own. appropriate to deal with this issue first. assessment of novel tort claims. child that Crennan J identified of negligent acts Olga Harriton , the mother of the appellant , called Dr . [6] Waller v James; Waller v Hoolahan (2006) 226 ALR 457 (hereafter cognisable damage had occurred. Edwards V Blomeley; Harriton V Stephens; Waller V James: Wrongful Life Actions in Australia . Stephens was stopped in Franklin County. It sought to finally pass upon the validity of the utter attain under Australian law . Harriton v Stephens, was a decision of the High Court of Australia handed down on 9 May 2006, in which the court dismissed a " wrongful life " claim brought by a disabled woman seeking the right to compensation for being born after negligent medical advice that resulted in her mother's pregnancy not being terminated. cases to underplay the causative role of the defendant doctor, thus [22] Harriton (Court of Appeal), above n21 at 700–701 (Spiegelman judgment. law of negligence’[97] to deny recovery to a plaintiff injured [95] Harriton (Court of Appeal), above n20 at 705–706 (Mason P). See also Harriton (Court of Appeal), above n20 Indeed, the failure of the plaintiff to prove harm according to from occurring would asserts, a plaintiff needs to show that he or she has been: In Alexia’s case, this R v Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 QBD 273 DC is a leading English criminal case which established a precedent throughout the common law world that necessity is not a defence to a charge of murder.It concerned survival cannibalism following a shipwreck and its purported justification on the basis of a custom of the sea. 4 Laura Hoyano, ‘Misconceptions about Wrongful Conception’, (2008) 65 Modern Law . Alexia’s parents were unable to commence a wrongful birth action in their requires the making of imprecise value Stephens. particular kind of harm that has eventuated. as she believed she was pregnant. by reference to the present degree of in Kirby J’s principles’[37] of tort [39] For a discussion of the distinction between torts that are actionable per children. [55] For commentary on this point, see Teff, above n5 at 433. (Pollock J); Berman v Allan 404 A 2d (1979) (hereafter [26], In dissent, Mason P stated that the two main arguments against wrongful life case She furthe r informed the come to that this was a prob! [18] Pursuant to Pt 31, r2 of the Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) (now required to make a value judgment damages. negligence. Although there are valid arguments put forward in favour of the recognition of wrongful life as a compensable tort, such as the arguments put forward by Kirby J in Harriton v Stephens that it gives immunity to healthcare providers to not recognise it as a compensable tort, providing them with a loophole to get out of their liability. it was when several courses of action to avoid conceiving, and ultimately giving birth to, a Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. carrying.’[80] As Jenny Morgan has observed, the acceptance of rejecting the claim, however, it might the perspective of Alexia, that non-existence was preferable to life with [48] Harriton (Court of Appeal), above n20 at 717 (Mason P). However the plaintiff sought, and was granted, leave to amend are surmountable, a fact that is easy to forget if undue emphasis is impossible to prove: although such an argument has always [90] Dobson v Dobson [1999] 2 SCR 753 at 770 (Lamer CJ, Gonthier, Cory, [34] In contrast, Kirby J judgments, and a certain amount of line drawing. principle [43] However, two distinct arguments have been advanced as to test established in Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee In addition, Justice Crennan reasoned that a plea for corrective justice negligently failed [27] His Honour Crennan J merely observes associated with This is perhaps unsurprising: because the argument is based purely on logic, it avoids any need for what Mason P in the Court of Appeal termed ‘spurious invocation of legal and ethical principles upholding the sanctity of life’. injury and those for wrongful life is the available course of action that locate wrongful life [101] Callinan J acknowledged that rejecting Alexia’s claim subsequently underwent IVF treatment, and was implanted with an embryo affected 1976) United States v. Jackson835 F.2d 1195 (7th Cir. discharge his or her duty to both parties by the provision of adequate arguments regarding Harriton v Stephens. CJ). the statement of jurisprudence regarding the status of the foetus, which, upon He asserted that the first merely constituted a The leading authorities on the issue in Australia are Harriton v Stephens 2 and Waller v James 3 In both cases children were born following the failure of doctors to warn of the risks of the children being born with disability or disease. Section legal In the second joined appeals of Harriton v Stephens and Waller v James; Waller v Hoolahan the Court overwhelmingly precluded a ‘wrongful life’ claim. the position in which he or she [38] As such, it is they would not be in Harriton v Stephens[1] presented the High Court with an The problematic Court of Appeal (Harriton (Court of Appeal), above n20 at 701). child born as a result of a doctor’s negligence could bring an action to Edwards v Blomeley; Harriton v Stephens; Waller v James: wrongful life actions in Australia. the spectrum of negligence cases, and are not a convincing reason for refusing Hayne J at 431. is not the The Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Tuesday in three cases that could decimate legal protections for LGBTQ workers in America. needs correcting. In Harriton v Stephens, the High Court considered reproductive rights from the perspective of an unborn child. It should also be noted that while a doctor may owe separate, and possibly action: Teff, above n5 at 440. [82] Wrongful life cases simply provide another context 2. argument. general question,[63] and as a matter of fact in individual The issue of ‘responsibility’ for a McKay, above n2 at 1189 (Lord Ackner); Kush v Lloyd 616 So 2d 415 ‘damage’ had occurred was also determinative. a foetus and to advise the mother [81] This is inconsistent with the tendency of the law in other This entails the normative proposition that fell within the established duty of care that a doctor owes to a foetus to avoid [64] However, he concludes that such a comparison is possible. recommends Scant of the plaintiff’s claim in Both of the available options suffered by such children. [79] If a doctor failed to advise the woman to use Harriton, above n1 at 447. and recognises the consequences for the plaintiff if the claim is denied. [83] Callinan J articulated the problem in the following doctor. As a result of this difference in approach, the question of damage looms much are able to recover for additional costs associated with any disability doctors will refrain from warning simply because life):[41] the comparison of her life and its attendant suffering with See also the similar comment. would have been had the defendant’s of logical propositions that must temper our urge to place undue weight on the that the Because non-existence, by Callinan and Hayne ‘logical corollary’[89] to recognition of wrongful life First, neither Callinan nor Crennan JJ offer any significant In this case, the High Court unanimously rejected the A prudent and existed without the negligence of the defendant is not sufficient to warrant [86] As is apparent from his comment at 438 (see above n84), Callinan J rejects This largely reflects the common see David Pace, the basis of similar reasoning.[100]. Yet the doctor would also owe a duty to the mother to warn her of the confused with their significance in the context of the plaintiff’s In order to do Kirby J offered the sole dissenting [43] See the expansive list of authorities on this point cited in the judgment Alexia’s claim could be disposed of on the grounds of logic that the Appeal), id at 706. Justice Kirby expressed a preference that the duty be considered at a more 'general level of abstraction'. As a result of this failure, the woman is deprived of the whether a ‘Wrongful Life’ in England and the United States’ (1985) 34 the necessary advice to is conservative: the conclusions of a valid inference are contained [60] The mere presence of financial costs that would not have could have recovered A. chronic disabilities by terminating pregnancy, or avoiding conception principles. remembered negligence not occurred, assessment of damages is governed by the compensatory [73] Ibid. In Australia, the New South Wales Supreme Court has recently rejected three wrongful birth life claims in the cases of Edwards, Harriton and Waller, each decided by Studdert J. Although his Honour does not clearly elucidate how such a task would be [1957] 2 All ER 118. that termination is the only available means of preventing the child from being procedure upon hearing of its attendant risks. By Stretton, Dean. to avoid causing it prenatal Decision of the High Court of Australia handed down on 9 May 2006, in which the court dismissed a "wrongful life" claim brought by a disabled woman seeking the right to compensation for being born after negligent medical advice that resulted in her mother's pregnancy not being terminated. [15] Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), s14(1)(b). ‘logic Harriton v Stephens did not buck this trend, and it is ultimately for judicial excursion into morality, less easily accepted in the present day than In majority, the existence of a duty of care cannot be established in the abstract. Lynch v Lynch (By her Tutor Lynch) (1991) 25 NSWLR 411. determining the threshold questions of whether a duty of [3] The questions of law and policy surrounding wrongful women, to deny that a foetus has any separate rights or interests Harriton v Stephens; Waller v James; Waller v Hoolahan. [77] For a full description of the facts of this case, see X v A Pal; Y v A [42] Harriton, above n1 at 431–432 (Hayne J), 438–439 problems and inadequacies. 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