Plaintiffs v Ochsner
2nd Lawsuit Filed Against Ochsner
The fallout continues over mislabeled and mishandled embryos at Ochsner Health System's In Vitro Fertilization program in Elmwood. Two couples have now filed class action lawsuits in this case.
A Lafourche Parish couple, Kim and Abraham Whitney, filed a class action lawsuit in Jefferson Parish court, claiming Ochsner lost four of their embryos.
The Whitneys' lawsuit is the second one stemming from Ochsner's announcement, where its CEO admitted there had been labeling problems with the embryos. They have since shut down their In Vitro Fertilization program in Elmwood.
A St. Charles Parish couple has also filed a lawsuit against Ochsner, for problems associated with the labeling of their embryos.
Plaintiffs also now charge that in addition to the mislabeling and mishandling of the embryos, proper screening procedures to detect Sexually Transmitted Diseases was also not appropriately done acceding to federal law.
A status conference on the cases is scheduled in Jefferson Parish. The separate lawsuits could be consolidated then. In both lawsuits, the couples are asking for a jury trial and damages based on medical expenses and emotional distress.
For more information please contact:
Melanie Lagarde
St. Martin & Bourque, A Professional Law Corporation
4084 Highway 311
Houma, Louisiana 70360-8132
Telephone: 985-876-3891
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Toll Free: 1-800-256-1533
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or
Kara Samuels
Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, L.L.C.
2800 Energy Centre
1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70163
