US EditionOregon fertility clinic inseminated woman with wrong sperm, $17M lawsuit alleges
The family alleges negligence and concealment by Oregon Health & Science University after a 1981 fertility error led to wrongful insemination and ongoing medical and emotional harm.
- On Dec. 26, 2025, C.W. and K.W. filed a $17 million lawsuit against Oregon Health & Science University and Providence Health alleging a 1981 wrongful insemination that produced daughter A.P.
- OHSU records show K.W. and R.W. submitted semen samples in 1980 while seeing the same fertility doctor, with the lawsuit alleging specimen mix-up and insemination errors.
- Discovery through consumer DNA and follow-up testing prompted the lawsuit as genetic testing within the past two years revealed K.W. is not A.P.'s biological father, and plaintiffs allege $1,000,000 counseling costs.
- Plaintiffs allege negligence, fraud and breach of contract, seeking $15 million in noneconomic damages with $5 million per plaintiff; state tort limits for OHSU may cap recovery at about $5 million.
- OHSU and Providence declined to comment, citing patient privacy and pending litigation, while plaintiffs say OHSU concealed the error; this follows prior 2022 lawsuit and related 2023 settlements involving OHSU.
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He sues a hospital in Oregon claiming to have been inseminated with the wrong sperm during a fertility treatment and to have discovered it only 43 years later. The story tells the New York Post. The woman asks for a compensation of 12 million dollars. It is 2023 when it comes to the light that the woman's husband, who raised the child today adult is not her biological dad, as would confirm a DNA test: "The mother had to endure humiliation, the d…
Doctors impregnated wife with another man's semen, lawsuit claims
A couple that turned to fertility treatments 44 years ago claims that doctors inseminated the woman with semen from another individual instead of her husband’s, according to a recent lawsuit filed against Oregon Health and Science University and its affiliate, Providence Health. #fertilitytreatments #IVF #insemination #infertility #lawsuit
Hospital inseminates woman with wrong man’s sperm – family only discovers blunder 43 years later
A woman is suing an Oregon hospital for over $15 million, claiming in 1980 she was unwittingly inseminated with the sperm of a man other than her husband during fertility treatment.
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