A Georgia-based sperm bank is facing nearly a dozen “novel and cutting edge” lawsuits in four states and Canada that allege it misled women about a donor who turned out to have been convicted of burglary and a diagnosed schizophrenic.
Single women and lesbian couples who purchased Donor No. 9623′s sperm from Augusta, Georgia-based Xytex Corp. have filed suits anonymously in federal courts in California, Florida, Georgia and Ohio. According to Xytex’s court filings, two other cases have been filed in Georgia’s state courts, and at least four in Canada, where Xytex has distribution facilities.
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