Verdict reached in lawsuit against Houston sperm bank No description found
HOUSTON – Jurors in the lawsuit against a Houston sperm banked reached a verdict just before 7 p.m. Friday.
They decided the sperm bank violated its contract and must award $500,000 to Layne Hardin and his ex-girlfriend Katherine LeBlanc.
Hardin and LeBlanc accused a Houston sperm bank of releasing two vials of his frozen sperm to his ex-girlfriend Tobie Devall, who was also included in the lawsuit.
The jury found that Devall intentionally inflicted mental anguish, and now she must pay too. Devall, her doctor and the clinic that stored the sperm were all named in the lawsuit.
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