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Government

Sep. 5, 2002

Girl With Kidney Disease Can't Get Punitives From Sperm Bank

LOS ANGELES - A 13-year-old girl who inherited severe kidney disease from a sperm donor cannot ask for punitive damages from the sperm bank that helped arrange her birth, a state appellate court has ruled.

By Katherine Gaidos
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - A 13-year-old girl who inherited severe kidney disease from a sperm donor cannot ask for punitive damages from the sperm bank that helped arrange her birth, a state appellate court has ruled.
        The 2nd District Court of Appeal decision was the first holding that sperm banks...

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