Class Certification Denied In Lawsuit Filed After Eggs, Embryos Destroyed

Mealey's (June 26, 2020, 1:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal magistrate judge in California on June 23 denied class certification in a lawsuit over storage tank issues that resulted in the destruction of stored eggs and embryos, finding that the plaintiffs who paid for the storage failed to show that class adjudication was superior based on individual issues, the “potential amount of damages” and “a strong interest” in individual prosecution by absent class members (In Re:  Pacific Fertility Center Litigation, No. 18-1586, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110754)....