Tort damages--wrongful birth--Illinois Appellate Court, First District, allows parents to recover costs of rearing a child.  Cockrum v. Baumgartner, 99 Ill. App.3d 271, 425 N.E.2d 968 (1st Dist. 1981).
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Cockrum v. Baumgartner; Genetics and Reproduction; Legal Approach