Legal Opinion
Sherman v. Adoption Center of Washington, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 9, 1999No. 98-CV-737PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This case involves a dispute about the liability of an adoption agency when a foreign-born child adopted by an American client turned out to have medical problems. The appellant, Anne V. Sherman, adopted a Russian baby girl who was discovered to be carrying the hepatitis C virus when the girl was examined by a pediatrician in the United States. Sherman sued the Adoption Center of Washington and several of its employees 1 for breach of contract, “wrongful adoption/malpractice” and related counts. Ultimately the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the…
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