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Embryo Loss Lawsuits

Fertility Negligence

What Is a Fertility Negligence Lawsuit?

Fertility negligence lawsuits include several types of embryo loss lawsuits related to the mishandling of embryos. Most often, these lawsuits involve the companies involved in the IVF process – now a multi-billion dollar (but poorly regulated) industry responsible for one out of every 50 live births.1

CooperSurgical IVF

Scores of couples are filing embryo loss lawsuits against Cooper, the global leader in IVF, whose defective embryo media culture destroyed up to 10,000 viable cytoblasts (embryo nuclei) in labs awaiting reimplantation. Cooper knew the shipment was harmful, but was too slow recalling.2 >>

PGT-A Testing

Costly genetic analysis started as an add-on test to spot obvious anomalies, but soon was hyped as a must-have to vulnerable would-be parents. However the accuracy of the science used is in question, as well as the destruction of potentially viable embryos.3 >>

Embryo Loss

Fertility negligence and unnecessary embryo loss seem especially egregious to us because the IVF journey is already fraught with emotion, sacrifice, and gambled hope. As a longtime champion of survivors, we think women who are already on a giant emotional seesaw deserve answers and accountability. >>
Fertility negligence and unnecessary embryo loss seem especially egregious to us because the IVF journey is already fraught with emotion, sacrifice, and gambled hope. As a longtime champion of survivors, we think women who are already on a giant emotional seesaw deserve answers and accountability.

What Should You Expect from a Fertility Negligence Lawsuit?

Trying to get pregnant with IVF (in vitro fertilization) is nerve-racking enough without worrying that your miracle is vulnerable to human error.4

We want to empower you with information about how to stand up to the powerful companies responsible for oversight and possible deception. If this has happened to you, we’ll walk you through the first steps of filing a case.

But first, here are some important keys:

  • SOL (statute of limitations). Every state sets its own time limit for how long a hurt individual or victim’s family can file a legal claim.
  • Outcomes. Understanding potential outcomes in your specific case is beneficial. Contact us to talk through your questions. Fertility negligence lawyers + embryo loss attorneys can also talk through any details with you to help you get what to expect from filing a case.

Overview: In a fertility negligence lawsuit, successful outcomes likely mean survivors are awarded substantive monetary provision + each ruling/ settlement pressures profit-driven corporations to overhaul lax protocols. Settlements, in fact, often mandate systemic change and increase safety protocols. That is why civil lawsuits matter.

How Does an Embryo Loss Lawsuit Work?

Civil lawsuits and criminal lawsuits are fundamentally different. Criminal law targets individual wrongdoers to convict and incarcerate, whereas civil lawsuits call entire industries on the carpet for choosing profits over people. Think of it this way: you are the same people who helped amass those profits in the first place.

Our fertility negligence lawyers and embryo loss lawyers have a strong track record of success for their clients. They work on contingency, meaning that you owe nothing upfront and the lawyers are paid a portion of the final monetary award at the end of the entire ordeal.

You Aren’t the Only One.

We are here day in and day out, helping thousands of kindred women/ you reclaim your power after a derailment you didn’t see coming. In this instance, when your IVF journey goes needlessly haywire and you feel like giving up, we believe nobody helps women better than women who have experienced the same horror, including us.

Since 2015, A Case for Women has been growing a massive community of like-minded women (hundreds of thousands of you) who trust our guidance and lean on each other to celebrate joys, shoulder burdens, and encourage standing up to the Big Bads when nothing else will move the needle.

Lean on each other and rely on us. Let us help you carry the burden. We want to help you – and you can be sure of it because we don’t charge you for our many services. Ever. We’re here because we want to be.

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Sources

  1. Emi Nietfeld, “America’s IVF Failure,” The Atlantic, May 2, 2024.
  2. Sarah Kliff and Azeen Ghorayshi, “Botched I.V.F. Liquid Destroyed Embryos, Lawsuits Claim,” New York Times, February 15, 2024.
  3. Jamie Ducharme, “IVF Patients Say a Test Caused Them to Discard Embryos. Now They’re Suing.” TIME, March 6, 2025.
  4. Dr. Ali Benizair, “Are You a Miracle? On the Probability of Your Being Born,” Huffington Post, June 16, 2011.