Judgment, 2 February 1985.
On a claim by a woman who had given birth after a negligently performed sterilization the Court awarded damages amounting to 100 per cent of the standard rate of child support normally paid by a father for an illegitimate child plus a 50 percent addition because she was not working and already had three or more children in her care. It also awarded 4000 marks for pain and suffering and held that the fact that she did not undergo an abortion or let her child be adopted did not negate her claim.
D001519:Behavior; D002654:Child Care; D002668:Child Rearing; D019049:Developed Countries; D005060:Europe; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005860:Germany, West; D007603:Jurisprudence; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive
Behavior; Child Rearing; Child Support--legal aspects; Court Decision--legal aspects; Developed Countries; Europe; Family Planning; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Medical Liability--legal aspects; Sterilization, Sexual--legal aspects; Western Europe