The couples claim in the suits that an employee at Ovation Fertility wrongly used hydrogen peroxide instead of a sterile solution in an incubator.
An Orange County fertility clinic accidentally destroyed embryos after they came in contact with hydrogen peroxide while an employee was cleaning an incubator, according to a pair of lawsuits filed by two couples on Thursday, April 18.
Ovation Fertility operates 14 laboratories in 10 states, including one in Newport Beach, where an employee “wrongly used hydrogen peroxide instead of a sterile solution in an incubator,” Adam Wolf, the couples’ lawyer, said in a news conference Thursday, calling the situation a “preventable tragedy.”
The couples, the suits state, “may no longer be able to have biologically related children as a result of defendants’ conduct.” Ovation Fertility did not respond to a request for comment. It was not known if an attorney was representing the clinic as of Thursday.
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