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White Mom Mistakenly Impregnated With Black Man’s Sperm Loses Court Battle
Jennifer Cramblett filed a lawsuit last year against the Midwest Sperm Bank for wrongful birth and emotional suffering.
BY: LYNETTE HOLLOWAY
Posted: Sept. 6 2015 9:39 AM
Saying it lacked legal merit, an Illinois judge last week dismissed a white mother's lawsuit against a sperm bank after she was accidentally impregnated with the semen of an African-American man, according to the Washington Post.
The mother, Jennifer Cramblett of Uniontown, Ohio, filed a lawsuit in 2014 against Midwest Sperm Bank after she was artificially inseminated with semen from the wrong donor and gave birth to a mixed-race daughter, the report says. Arguing wrongful birth and emotional suffering, she sought $50,000 in damages.
The sperm bank issued an apology and refunded part of the cost to Cramblett and her partner, Amanda Zinkon. But the suit claimed that “the mistake caused Cramblett and her family stress, pain, suffering and medical expenses,” the report says. Further, the suit suggested that Cramblett, who lives in a predominantly white community, feared that her daughter, Payton, now 3, would grow up feeling like an “outcast,” the report notes.
But DuPage County judge Ronald Sutter on Thursday threw out the lawsuit, agreeing with lawyers for the sperm bank. The lawyers said that “wrongful-birth suits” usually apply in instances when a child is born with a birth defect and doctors should have warned parents, but in this case the child was healthy, reports the Post.
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While I agree she should be due some renumeration for the mistake how do you explain this to your daughter?
Jennifer Cramblett filed a lawsuit last year against the Midwest Sperm Bank for wrongful birth and emotional suffering.
BY: LYNETTE HOLLOWAY
Posted: Sept. 6 2015 9:39 AM
Saying it lacked legal merit, an Illinois judge last week dismissed a white mother's lawsuit against a sperm bank after she was accidentally impregnated with the semen of an African-American man, according to the Washington Post.
The mother, Jennifer Cramblett of Uniontown, Ohio, filed a lawsuit in 2014 against Midwest Sperm Bank after she was artificially inseminated with semen from the wrong donor and gave birth to a mixed-race daughter, the report says. Arguing wrongful birth and emotional suffering, she sought $50,000 in damages.
The sperm bank issued an apology and refunded part of the cost to Cramblett and her partner, Amanda Zinkon. But the suit claimed that “the mistake caused Cramblett and her family stress, pain, suffering and medical expenses,” the report says. Further, the suit suggested that Cramblett, who lives in a predominantly white community, feared that her daughter, Payton, now 3, would grow up feeling like an “outcast,” the report notes.
But DuPage County judge Ronald Sutter on Thursday threw out the lawsuit, agreeing with lawyers for the sperm bank. The lawyers said that “wrongful-birth suits” usually apply in instances when a child is born with a birth defect and doctors should have warned parents, but in this case the child was healthy, reports the Post.
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While I agree she should be due some renumeration for the mistake how do you explain this to your daughter?
