Impacted Persons Fertility Center Clinic Location

Megan and Jonathan Bauer Pacific Fertility Center San Francisco, CA

950 patients University Hospitals Fertility Center Cleveland, OH

Misty Blanchette Porter Dartmouth-Hitchcock New Hampshire

Delaware Institute for Reproductive Newark and Milford,

Sarah and Peter Satnoro Medicine DE

Natalie and Randall Bergman Coastal Fertility Medical Center Irvine, CA

Marisa Yukich ART Reproductive Center Beverly Hills, CA

Reproductive Medicine Associates of New

Kevin Heldt York New York

Richard and Jamille Rodriguez Pacific Reproductive Center Torrance, CA

Malissa and David Pineda Pacific Reproductive Center Torrance, CA

Sarah Robertson Reproductive Fertility Center West Hollywood, CA

n/a Pacific Reproductive Center Torrance, CA

Darrin and Liza Lumanlan-Domingo Pacific Reproductive Center Torrance, CA

Jacoba Ballard and Kristy Killion Clinic of Dr. Donald Cline Indianapolis, Indiana

Eric Scott Sills Pacific Reproductive Center Torrance, CA

Matthew and Danielle Cremisio CNY Fertility Syracuse, NY

Layne Hardin and Katherine LeBlanc Houston Andrology Services Houston, TX

Manhattan, Brooklyn
and Long Island,
Westchester and
Unnamed couple Reproductive Medicine Associates Orange counties, NY

Manhattan, Brooklyn
and Long Island,
Westchester and
Unnamed couple 2 Reproductive Medicine Associates Orange counties, NY
Aaron and Shari Kazmierczak Reproductive Genetic Institute Chicago, IL

Kim and Abraham Whitney Ochsner Foundation Fertility Clinic New Orleans, LA

Katie and Robert Aschero Laurel Fertility Care San Francisco, CA

Lori Johnson Embryos Alive Montgomery, OH

Cristen and Russell Lebel Waltham Clinic of Boston IVF Wiltham, MA

Carolyn and Sean Savage n/a n/a

Heather and Duane Hebert Ochsner Foundation Fertility Clinic New Orleans, LA

Cathy Berger and Adriana Pacheco Repro Lab Manhattan, NY

n/a Options Texas

Meghan Young Pacific Reproductive Center Torrance, CA

Stacie and Mitchell Keogh Midwest Center for Reproductive Health Maple Grove, MN

Julie and Michael Norton Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA

Medical Services for Reproductive

Thomas and Nancy Andrews Medicine New York

Unnamed couple Laurel Fertility Care San Francisco, CA

Belinda Jeter Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ

Alison Miller and Todd Parrish Center for Human Reproduction Chicago, IL

Was located on West 57th Street by Dr.

n/a Lillian Nash Manhattan, NY

Was located on West 57th Street by Dr.

Richard and Donna Fasano Lillian Nash Manhattan, NY
Richard Gladu Jr. Boston IVF Boston, MA

Shirel and Steve Crawford + dozens of

other couples UC Irvine's Center for Reproductive Health Irvine, CA

Pamela Branum University of Utah fertility clinic Salt Lake City, Utah

Abdel and Abeer Said Pacific Reproductive Center Torrance, CA

Paula McMahan Reproductive Genetics Clinic Vienna, VA

Sally Ashby Obstetrics and Gynecology Associates Idaho Falls, Idaho

Kelli Rowlette Obstetrics and Gynecology Associates Idaho Falls, Idaho

Multiple patients Reproductive Genetics Clinic Vienna, VA

Unnamed donor Options Texas
Lawsuit(s) Filed
(Y/N) Incident Year Incident/Allegation Description

Couple alleged their frozen embryos were

destroyed by a tank/refrigerator
Y 2018 malfunction.

Y - Judge ruled to
consolidate all of at
least 40 separate A storage tank malfunction destroyed
cases 2018 4,000 eggs and embryos.

Porter, a fertility specialist, claimed she

was fired from the facility, in part, for
whistleblowing alleged harmful medical
practices. She claimed she warned the
facility about the risk associated with the
transfer of embryos from a couple infected
with Zika, but the center proceeded
Y 2017 anyway.

Couple accused clinic workers of

Y 2016 mistakenly disposing of frozen eggs.

Lawsuit claimed couple's embryos were

moved to another clinic, but there was no
trace of them in the straw once they got
Y 2015 there.

Lawsuit stateed fertility clinic mistakenly

Y 2015 destroyed all her embryos.

Brooklyn man who froze embryos with

then-girlfriend went to court to stop the
clinic from handing over fertilized eggs to
Y 2015 his ex.

Couple claimed doctor pressured them to

undergo IVF even though they weren't
good candidates. The couple also said the
Y 2014-15 clinic double-billed their insurance.

Couple said all 14 eggs were still in the

petri dish despite being told by clinic they
were fertilized with three transferred. The
doctor said during litigation he also
accidentally put someone else's embryos
Y 2014 inside the patient and later removed them.
 Patient froze her late husband's sperm so
she could conceive after his death. When
she was ready to conceive, she said the
sperm bank told her the vials were gone
and the sperm might have been used for
Y 2014 other women.

State inspection reports of on-site surgical

centers showed clinics were cited for not
n/a 2014 properly training staff or storing drugs.

Patient alleged she almost bled to death

during a basic operation because the
surgical center failed to stock critical blood
Y 2014 coagulant.

Allegations against the doctor include

N - half-sisters filed using his own sperm "around 50 times"
complaints with the and inseminating his patients. He pled
attorney general's guilty to charges and received a one-year
office 2014 suspended sentence.

Mold problem was found in the center's

Irvine lab where embryos are created and
Y 2012 stored.

Lawsuit alleged clinic failed to perform

cystic fibrosis genetic screening. Daughter
Y 2011 was born with the disease.

Former couple alleged clinic illegally gave

the man's sperm to another woman. This
Y 2010 woman had a baby with the sperm.

Couple gave birth to child with genetic

defect. The defect was traced to donated
Y 2009 eggs from fertility clinic.

Couple gave birth to child with genetic

defect. The defect was traced to donated
Y 2009 eggs from fertility clinic.
 Michigan couple claimed six embryos were
damaged when the clinic attempted to
Y 2009 deliver them from Chicago.

Couple said that the clinic could not find

four embryos it froze more than two years
Y 2009 prior.

Couple said the clinic implanted the wrong

sperm into the patient's eggs. The lawsuit
also said the clinic threw away the
Y 2009 embryo's without the couple's permission.

Lawsuit accused doctor of bullying after

2009 (lawsuit patient challenged what she considered to
Y filed) be improper procedures by the company.

Woman sued the fertility clinic doctor for

failing to detect her ovarian cancer. It
Y 2008-09 progressed to an advanced stage.

Embryo from one woman was implanted in

N 2008 the womb of another.

Lawsuit alleged a pair of embryos the

Y 2007-09 couple froze disappeared.

According to the lawsuit, after signing an

agreement with the clinic to release her
stored embryos at her request, she tried to
retrieve the ferilized eggs but was told that
Y 2006 they were missing.

Audit found that thousands of eggs and

2005 (audit hundreds of embryos were unaccounted
Y conducted) for.
 Patient accused doctor of botching her
fertility treatment, which required a
Y 2004-05 follow-up surgery.

Lawsuit stated couple's embryos were left

overnight in the lab before they were
properly frozen. The embryos were
Y 2004 destroyed.

Patient was diagnosed with Stage 3

rectal/colon cancer. Three years later the
clinic's doctor's determined the patient's
uterus was too damaged by cancer
treatment to carry embryos full term. The
doctors advised the couple to find a
Y 2004 surrogate.

Couple said the clinic mixed up sperm

samples, and their daughter was born
Y 2004 from another man's sperm.

Patient said fertility doctor implanted the

wrong embryo into a woman. She also said
2004 (lawsuit they failed to inform her until her child was
Y filed) 9 months old.

Patient accused fertility clinic of losing

embryos. She said an hour before the
doctor was going to implant fertilized
embryos, he discovered half of them were
Y 2001 missing from their straws.

Judge ruled in 2005 that a couple could file

a wrongful death lawsuit after a frozen
Y 2000 embryo was accidentally destroyed.

Health officials inspected the clinic and

found several violations: collecting donor
eggs and implanting them in a woman
without a license. In addition, the doctor
failed to conduct a full health history of a
donor or test for HIV, as required by state
n/a 1999 regulations.

Lawsuit alleged breach of contract after

embryo mix-up led to a white couple
Y 1998 having a black baby.
 Lawsuit stated Gladu's ex-wife intiated a
pregnancy he did not want, using one of
the frozen embryos created with a donated
Y 1996 egg fertilized with his sperm.

According to the lawsuit, two doctors stole

1995 (first eggs and embryos for years and gave them
Y reported) to other women.

Complaint alleged convicted felon working

at clinic replaced a customer's sperm with
his own, and he fathered a girl 21 years
Y 1991 ago.

Jury found the doctor gave patients false

hope they'd be successful with in vitro
fertilization (IVF) when it would have been
Y 1991-2006 almost medically impossible.

N - filed complaint McMahan said she developed

with Federal Trade nonmalignant tumors in her uterus after
Commission 1982 treatments at the clinic.

Lawsuit accused doctor of using his own

sperm to inseminate a patient during a
fertility treatment procedure and fathering
a daughter. Ashby did not discover the
doctor was her biological father until a
Y 1981 DNA test in 2017.

Lawsuit alleged doctor used his own sperm

for inseminations. Rowlette didn't find out
until 2017 through Ancestry.com that the
Y 1980 doctor is her biological father.

Doctor used his own sperm to inseminate

women and tricked others into believing
they were pregnant. He was convicted in
1992 on 52 counts. He may have fathered
as many as 75 children while telling
patients he was using sperm from
anonymous donors. The clinic is now
n/a 1976-88 closed.
 A donor had contracted to give her eggs to
an infertile couple but later learned her
doctor gave some of her eggs to a second
couple without her knowledge. Options
Y n/a went out of business.
Report and/or Lawsuit

The Mercury News: Second lawsuit against San Francisco fertility center after tank malfunction

WEWS: Timeline: University Hospitals fertility clinic malfunction

Valley News: Former fertility doctor sues D-H

Delaware Online: Lawsuit: Fertility clinic 'inadvertently' destroyed couple's embryos

ABC7: Orange County couple sues fertility clinic over lost embryos

ABC7: Woman to sue Beverly Hills fertility clinic over destroyed embryos

New York Post: Man sues ex to stop her from taking frozen embryos

Richard Rodriguez, Jr., Jamille Rodriguez v. Rifaat Salem, Pacific Reproductive Medical Center

Reveal News: When pregnancy dreams become IVF nightmares

The New York Times: One woman's crusade for her late husband's sperm

The Joint Commission and CMS summary of findings

Liza Lumanlan-Domingo, Darrin Domingo v. Steven Rosenberg, Pacific Coast Surgical Center

CNN: Indiana fertility doctor used his own sperm around 50 times

Richard Rodriguez, Jr., Jamille Rodriguez v. Rifaat Salem, Pacific Reproductive Medical Center

The Daily Gazette: Judge upholds $7.5 million verdict for ex-Niskayuna couple in fertility case

ABC News: Trial over misappropriated sperm begins in Texas

ABC News: Couples win lawsuit over donated eggs with genetic defect

ABC News: Couples win lawsuit over donated eggs with genetic defect
Shari Kazzmeirczak, Aaron Kazmierczak, Lisa Geiger, and Brett Geiger v. Reproductive Genetics Institute, INC. and Federal Expre

The Times-Picayune: Oschsner fertility clinic lost embryos, attorney for couple says

NBC Bay Area: Couple claims sperm bank slipped up

The Cincinnati Enquirer: Embryo dispute detailed in lawsuit - via Nexis search engine

Lubin & Meyer, P.C. via The Boston Globe: Jury awards $11.3 million to woman whose IVF doc missed cancer diagnosis

ABC News: Embryo mix-up woman gives birth, faces heartbreak ahead

The Times-Picayune: Oschsner fertility clinic lost embryos, attorney for couple says

Manhattan: Lawsuit over lost embryos

The Orange County Register: Fertility doctors insist eggs handled properly; A few doctors accused of inappropriately sharing hu
Meghan Young v. Rifaat D. Salem, Pacific Coast Reproductive Center Medical Clinic

Star Tribune: Couple sues Maple Grove clinic over lost embryos

Massachusett's Lawyers Weekly: Couple sues hospital over tossed embryos - via Nexis search engine

The Guardian: US couple sue clinic for sperm sample mix-up

The San Francisco Chronicle: Wrong sperm used, couple say in suit; San Francisco - via Nexis search engine

Tucson Citizen: Ruling raises questions about how much embryo is worth

CBS News: Discarded embryo wrongful death?

The New York Times: Doctor in embryo mix-up is cited over another case

The New York Times: Couple in embryo mix-up who gave up child sue to enforce visitation pact
The Boston Globe: Ex-husband sues clinic over birth of daughter

Los Angeles Times: UCI settles dozens of fertility suits

WJLA: At Utah fertility clinic, felon seapped his sperm for customer's and father's child

Abdel Said and Abeer Said v. Pacific Reproductive Center Medical Clinic

The Washington Post: Fertility doctor's ex-patients see him as con man, saint

KTLA5: DNA test reveals fertility doctor fathered his patient's child without her knowing, lawsuit alleges

USA TODAY: DNA test from Ancestry.com reveals fertility doctor used his own sperm in procedures, lawsuit alleges

The New York Times: Conviction upheld in fertility case

The Orange County Register: Fertility doctors insist eggs handled properly; A few doctors accused of inappropriately sharing hu