Officials at University Hospitals in Cleveland say patients at their fertility clinic knew they could lose their frozen eggs and embryos.
In a court filing, attorneys for UH say patient consent forms indicated the risks of freezing eggs and embryos. Attorney Tom Merriman represents 905 families who lost 4 thousand frozen eggs and embryos in a storage tank malfunction earlier this year. He says the hospital is going back on its public apologies for the malfunction as it faces a large civil lawsuit.
Merriman says the tank had a severe temperature spike, and a remote alarm was shut off. UH has yet to comment.
