Dowling v. A.R.T. Inst. of Wash., Inc.

Paula Xinis, United States District Judge

This case concerns the heartbreak of infertility compounded by the suffering of an infant born with a severe congenital disorder. In filing this suit, Plaintiff Jonathan Dowling lays bare his family's difficult journey. Dowling asserts that the embryology practice where Dowling and his wife sought assistance caused the couple unwittingly to agree to a high-tech in-vitro fertilization procedure which, in their view, led to their infant son's severe and ultimately fatal birth defects. Before this opinion unfolds, it is important to recognize the depth of…