'They would have had a different life': $8M lawsuit against hospital alleges that two men born on the same date in 1952 learned the truth from DNA testing conducted in 2021
EDITOR'S NOTE: A version of this article originally appeared on July 10. It is being republished here for readers who may have missed it.
Their lawyer, Andre Bourdon of Timmins-based Girones Bourdon Kelly Lawyers, said his clients are interested in talking publicly about their ordeal — but not yet. Loretta Dupuis, said to be the biological mother of Leslie Gagnon, was admitted to the hospital on March 8, 1952. On the same date, Katherine Gagnon was also admitted, giving birth the next day to Howard Dupuis.
“The only connection that the plaintiffs had was that they were born in the same defendant hospital, on the same day and at very close to the same time of day,” the claim reads. “The plaintiffs… will continue to incur time and out-of-pocket expense in searching for their entire biological families, searching for their genetic medical background and searching for the truth,” the claim states.
In a telephone interview with SooToday, Creery said there seems to be an increase in the number of people coming forward after genetic testing revealed they had been switched at birth.
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