CHICAGO (AP) _ A DuPage County judge has dismissed a lawsuit against an Illinois sperm bank accused of mistakenly providing sperm from a Black donor to a White Uniontown, Ohio woman.
The Chicago Tribune reports (https://trib.in/1KMR9dw) Judge Ronald Sutter tossed the lawsuit Thursday. But ruled Jennifer Cramblett could refile her lawsuit against Midwest Sperm Bank under a negligence claim.
Cramblett became pregnant in December 2011 through artificial insemination using sperm donated by a Black man instead of the White donor whom she and her partner selected.
The bank later issued an apology and a partial refund.
Cramblett, who is White, said she loves her 3-year-old daughter. But she claimed “limited cultural competency” around African-Americans.
The sperm bank’s attorney, Bob Summers, argued Cramblett’s claim of “wrongful birth” could not be legally sustained in a case where a healthy child was born.
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Information from: Chicago Tribune, https://www.chicagotribune.com
