A New York man who sued a Houston fertility clinic in 2011, alleging the clinic obtained his sperm without his consent or knowledge and impregnated his ex-girlfriend through in vitro fertilization, has now filed a negligence suit against his former lawyers.
Joseph Pressil alleges in a petition he filed in the 55th District Court that Jason A. Gibson and his firm, Jason A. Gibson PC of Houston, and two lawyers at the firm, Clifford D. Peel II and Andrew C. Smith, were negligent by failing to serve the medical defendants with an expert report within a statutory deadline. As a result, 157th District Judge Randy Wilson granted a defense motion dismissing the suit. [See " Man Alleges IVF Done With His Sperm, Without His Consent," Texas Lawyer, Nov. 28, 2011, page 1.]
