Embryo Tank Manufacturer Loses Bid To Bar Experts On Cause, Emotional Distress

Mealey's (March 16, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal magistrate judge in California on March 5 denied a cryopreservation tank manufacturer’s efforts to exclude expert witnesses in a case brought by clients of a fertility center after their embryos or eggs were destroyed, finding that all three experts were qualified under Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the company’s reasons for exclusion are better addressed through cross-examination....