Lawsuit frequency and claims basis over lost, damaged, and destroyed frozen embryos over a 10-year period.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To review the claims, claims basis, and frequency of lawsuits over lost or damaged frozen embryos and to estimate their frequency over a 10-year interval.

Design

Retrospective analysis of case law.

Setting

Private in vitro fertilization clinic and school of law.

Patients

None.

Interventions

Case law identified using Bloomberg Law, Westlaw, and Lexis Nexis databases for coverage of court dockets regarding allegations and claims.

Main outcome measures

Lawsuits brought and settled in state and federal court, with data extracted included claims basis and location in federal or state courts.

Results

We reviewed case law from January 1, 2009, to April 22, 2019, using the terms frozen, discarded, lost, and damaged embryo/s, and calculate

SUBMITTER: Letterie G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244326 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature