A man is suing Northwestern Memorial Hospitaland Northwestern Medical Faculty after he claims the hospital’s cryopreservation tanks malfunctioned, thawing and irreversibly damaging sperm he had stored at the facility.
According to the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court, the loss of his frozen semen now means the man can no longer conceive a biological child.
The man, who remains anonymous in the lawsuit under the ficticious name “John Anonymous,” supplied semen in “good condition” to Northwestern Memorial for safekeeping in 2008 and paid regular storage fees. Read full article.