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Sperm bank sued under product liability law

7 April 2009

SPERM should be subject to the same product liability laws as car brakes, according to a US judge who has given a teenager with severe learning disabilities the go-ahead to sue the sperm bank that provided her with a biological father.

Brittany Donovan, now 13 years old, was born with , a genetic disorder causing mental impairment and carried on the X chromosome. She is now suing the sperm bank, of New York, under a product liability law more commonly associated with manufacturing defects, such as faulty car brakes.

Donovan does not have to show that…

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