More than a dozen embryos were already no-viable when the lab, Ovation Fertility, implanted them into would-be mothers, said the lawsuit, which accuses the lab of negligence.
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.
We are grateful for the opportunity to help patients build a family and will continue to implement and enforce rigorous protocols to safeguard that process.' One of the plaintiffs, Brooke Berger, 37, of Fullerton, said a physician harvested her embryos three years ago in Colorado, though the process resulted in an ectopic pregnancy and the loss of a fallopian tube. She moved to California with her husband last year, and they transferred her last two embryos to Ovation.
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