Lawsuit accuses Newport Beach fertility clinic of poisoning embryos
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— For two weeks in January, a Newport Beach fertility lab had a zero-percent rate of successful implantation, allegedly because embryos were exposed to hydrogen peroxide or another caustic chemical, according to a lawsuit filed this week on behalf of nine couples. More than a dozen embryos were already nonviable when the lab, Ovation Fertility, implanted them into the would-be mothers, said the lawsuit, which accuses the lab of negligence. The "catastrophic error" occurred between Jan. 18 and Jan....
ABC7 Los Angeles—Another lawsuit filed against OC fertility clinic after embryos allegedly destroyed by lab error. The lawsuit states Ovation Fertility committed a catastrophic error in late January in their lab exposing embryos to hydrogen peroxide and killing them.
CafeMom—9 Couples Accused Fertility Clinic of Implanting Dead & Toxic Embryos; Now, They're Suing. A California fertility clinic, Ovation Fertility, allegedly implanted contaminated embryos into at least nine woman with zero chance of them producing a child.
MyNewsLA.com—Nine More Couples Sue Fertility Clinic Over Dead Embryos. Multiple Orange County couples added to the legal woes of a fertility clinic with offices in Newport Beach with another claim regarding failed attempts at pregnancy due to some sort of error in a laboratory. Last week, two couples sued in Orange County Superior Court alleging that an Ovation Fertility clinic employee in the Newport […]