Adoption Nightmares Prompt Judicial Recognition of the Tort of Wrongful Adoption: Will New York Follow Suit?

Authors

Marci J. Blank, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Abstract

On May 13, 1966, Martin and Phyllis Juman adopted a sixteenmonth-old baby boy named Michael. The adoption agency, Louise Wise Services, represented to the Jumans that Michael was healthy. However, over the past twenty-seven years, Michael, now twentyeight, has experienced a myriad of psychological problems and has been hospitalized on several occasions.

Keywords

Adoption, Parents and Children, Domestic Relations, Genetic Information, Genetics, Medical Records, Practice of Medicine, Torts, Right to Know, Environmental Law, Right to Privacy, Human Rights Law, Internet

Disciplines

Environmental Law | Human Rights Law | Law | Torts

Recommended Citation

Marci J. Blank, Adoption Nightmares Prompt Judicial Recognition of the Tort of Wrongful Adoption: Will New York Follow Suit?, 15 Cardozo L. Rev. 1687 (1994).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol15/iss5/11