Yearworth and Others v North Bristol NHS Trust
Court of Appeal
“A sample of sperm from a person undergoing chemotherapy, which a hospital stored in case he became infertile after the treatment, was that person’s property and its loss or damage was capable of establishing a claim in negligence.”
The Times, 10th February 2009
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