Overview
- The complaint, filed Dec. 26, alleges clinic staff used another patient's sperm during a 1981 insemination that led to a birth on Dec. 13, 1981.
- Plaintiffs identify the alleged biological donor as R.W. and accuse the institutions of concealing the error and failing to notify patients after learning of the claim.
- The suit seeks $17 million in damages, including $15 million for noneconomic harm and $2 million for counseling and other economic costs.
- The filing cites chain-of-custody failures and alleges potential inherited health issues for the daughter and possible disease exposure from improper handling.
- OHSU and Providence declined substantive comment, and a separate OHSU fertility mix-up case filed in 2022 appeared to settle in 2023, according to court records.