Jury Reaches $14.9 Million Verdict in Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Chart Industries, Inc. Over Claimed Destruction Of Human Eggs and Embryos.
A federal jury in San Francisco California has awarded five plaintiffs a total of $14,900,000 in a personal injury lawsuit that was filed against Chart Industries Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, styled In re Pac. Fertility Ctr. Litig., N.D. Cal., No. 3:18-cv-01586, alleging, among other things, that Chart was responsible for defects in a cryopreservation tank at Pacific Fertility Center that led to the destruction of human eggs and embryos.
Plaintiffs Recovers $14.9 Million Award in Personal Injury Lawsuit Over Loss of Human Embryos and Eggs.
According to the jury verdict form, a manufacturing defect and design defect was a substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiffs. In addition, the jury reportedly found that the failure to recall or retrofit the tank’s controller was a a substantial factor in causing harm to the plaintiffs.
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