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A federal court jury in Vermont on Wednesday awarded a Florida couple $5.25 million from a doctor who used his own sperm to impregnate her during an artificial insemination procedure in 1977.
The federal court jury in Burlington began deliberating on Tuesday and returned the verdict on Wednesday.
The verdict form filed in federal court in Burlington said the jury awarded plaintiff Cheryl Rousseau and her husband Peter $250,000 in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages from Dr. John Coates III.
Rousseau’s attorney Celeste Laramie said in an email Wednesday after the verdict was announced the jury awarded the amount they had requested and the jurors found Coates’ behavior “to be wrongful and offensive.”
“The jury through its punitive damages verdict sent a message to any physicians who might think about lying to their patients or using their own semen to inseminate their patients,” she said. “Such behavior will have serious consequences.”
Coates’ attorney did not say if they planned to appeal the verdict.
“We were surprised and disappointed with the verdict,” Defense attorney Peter Joslin said...