$15 million verdict against IVF cryopreservation tank maker is big news
This verdict will seriously concern tank manufacturers and fertility clinics alike.
Excerpt - “In a shocking and terrible coincidence, on March 4, 2018, two cryopreservation storage tanks–half a country away from each other–failed on the same day. Numerous patients’ cryopreserved embryos and eggs — their hope for future children — were heated above safe storage temperatures, and irreparably damaged.
One of those tanks was at University Hospital in Cleveland. The other was known as “Tank 4,” and was located at Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco. Tank 4 contained 2,500 embryos and 1,500 eggs, and on that fateful day, literally imploded. (The plaintiffs even included the shocking images of the imploded tanks in their court pleadings.) Last week, three years after the incident, five of the victims received a jury award totaling $15 million in compensation for pain, suffering, and emotional distress against the tank manufacturer, Chart Inc.”