Five fertility clinic patients awarded $15m after failure of freezing tank
Storage tank maker knew of defect before California incidentCase likely to increase calls for regulation of $37bn industryFive patients of a California fertility center have been awarded a total of $15m after a freezing tank failed, rendering some of more than 3,500 frozen human embryos and eggs unviable.While the extent of the damage from the accidental thaw is unclear, jurors awarded the sum to clients of the Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco after finding that the storage tank maker, Chart Industries, knew about a defect that prevented accurate temperature monitoring and had not warned the center about the problem. Continue reading…
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