Two men who believe they were switched at birth nearly 80 years ago are suing a Roman Catholic diocese in West Virginia, alleging negligence and breach of duty by the hospital where they were born.
John William Carr III and Jackie Lee Spencer were born on August 29, 1942, at St. Joseph Hospital in Buckhannon. The lawsuit against the Diocese says staffers at the diocese-run hospital sent them home with the wrong families. The switch was discovered last year when DNA tests showed John and Jackie had no genetic matches with the families that raised them but did match the other's family.
Both men and their families have suffered a "lifetime of consequences" from the switch, they say in the lawsuit. Jackie, now in his twilight years, never got to know many of his family members. John said he looks different from the family that raised him and always felt out of place. The men have not specified any damages they are looking for.
Source: CBS NEWS