Lost Embryos

27/02/2025

Krystena Murray, a woman from Georgia, is suing Coastal Fertility Specialists after being mistakenly inseminated with another couple’s embryo during her IVF procedure. The fertility clinic informed the other couple, who then sued Murray for custody of the child. Despite her strong bond with the baby, Murray ultimately gave up custody during a family court hearing in May 2024, leaving her devastated and emotionally broken.

Murray, represented by Peiffer Wolf Partner Adam Wolf, filed a lawsuit against the fertility clinic. As reported by the Daily Beast, she described the experience as shocking and violating, expressing the deep emotional toll it has taken on her. The lawsuit claims that the fertility clinic’s mistake led to not only the loss of her baby but also significant emotional trauma.

A white Georgian woman says she realized something was up after giving birth.

27/02/2025

Peiffer Wolf Partner Adam Wolf is representing Krystena Murray in a lawsuit against Coastal Fertility Specialists after a mix-up at the clinic led her to give birth to a child that was not biologically hers. Speaking with the New York Times, Murray explained that she had sought IVF services at Coastal Fertility to conceive a child using a s***m donor. However, after the child was born in December 2023, she discovered that the baby was not genetically related to her, which led to the revelation that an embryo mix-up had occurred at the clinic.

"Stories of I.V.F. mix-ups [...] are harrowing for all involved, often leading to gut-wrenching decisions about a child’s future, sometimes years after the child has been raised by people who are not the biological parents."

The woman, a Georgia resident, lost custody of the child she had carried. The in vitro fertilization clinic, Coastal Fertility Specialists, apologized for “an embryo transfer mix-up.”

26/02/2025

Peiffer Wolf Partner Adam Wolf is representing Krystena Murray in a lawsuit against Coastal Fertility Specialists after a mix-up led her to give birth to a child that was not biologically hers. Murray underwent in vitro fertilization at the clinic and later realized that the child, born in December 2023, was not genetically related to her.

As reported by the BBC, "The baby now lives with his biological parents in another state under a different name," and our client has expressed the emotional toll the situation has had on her, describing the experience as leaving “irreparable damage to [her] soul.”

The woman, from the state of Georgia, has been forced to give up custody of the child.

22/02/2025

"A woman filed a lawsuit against a fertility clinic in Georgia after she was given another couple's embryo.

[PeifferWolf Client] Krystena Murray lost custody five months after delivery, despite wanting to keep the child, according to the lawsuit.

[PeifferWolf Partner] Adam Wolf, in a statement: 'Unfortunately, the United States does not have meaningful fertility industry oversight. Until IVF clinics are subject to real regulations, reporting requirements and mandatory certification programs for lab staff, these mishaps will continue to occur.'"

A woman filed a lawsuit against a fertility clinic in Georgia after she was given another couple's embryo.

21/02/2025

Krystena Murray is suing Coastal Fertility Specialists in Savannah, Georgia after she “unknowingly and unwillingly carried a child through pregnancy who was not biologically related to her.”

"I walked in a mum with a child and a baby who loved me and was mine and was attached to me, and I walked out of the building with an empty stroller, and they left with my son,” Murray told NBC News

Krystena Murray is suing Coastal Fertility Specialists in Savannah, Georgia after she gave birth in December 2023 to a black baby through IVF, a lawsuit claims

20/02/2025

A former patient of Coastal Fertility Specialists, Krystena Murray who is represented by Peiffer Wolf Partner Adam Wolf, has filed a lawsuit against the company after it implanted the wrong embryo into her uterus.

As a result, she unexpectedly carried and gave birth to another couple’s biological child, a devastating and emotionally overwhelming experience.

Krystena Murray says the error left her “emotionally broken” after she raised a boy for months before giving him up to his biological parents.

19/02/2025

A former patient of Coastal Fertility Specialists, which operates fertility clinics in South Carolina and Georgia, filed a lawsuit against the company for implanting the wrong embryo into her uterus, resulting in her carrying and giving birth to another couple’s biological child.

The lawsuit was filed in Georgia state court, in Savannah, by Adam Wolf of the law firm Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise.

Adam Wolf: “Coastal Fertility Specialists made a very serious error, and the consequences are life-altering. This should never happen in a fertility clinic. Unfortunately, the United States does not have meaningful fertility industry oversight. Until IVF clinics are subject to real regulations, reporting requirements and mandatory certification programs for lab staff, these mishaps will continue to occur.”

Coastal Fertility Specialists Facing Lawsuit; Heartbroken Mother Wanted to Keep Her Baby Despite Mix-Up.

04/01/2024

CooperSurgical faces multiple lawsuits over the recall of its embryo culture solution, which is used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures at clinics across the world and was later discovered to kill embryos.

The lawsuits were filed in the Superior Court of California by Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise on behalf of two Los Angeles couples whose embryos were killed.

According to the lawsuits, CooperSurgical issued a recall of several lots of its embryo culture media, including at least LGGG Lots 231020-018741, 231020-018742, and 231020-018743. However, the company intentionally did not disseminate any notice of the recalled lots publicly.

CooperSurgical faces two lawsuits over the recall of its embryo culture solution, which is used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures at clinics across the world and was later discovered to kill embryos.

13/12/2023

A renowned fertility doctor and former Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Merle Berger, was hit with a major lawsuit for secretly impregnating his patient, Sarah Depoian, with his own s***m. Sarah went to Dr. Berger for an intrauterine insemination (“IUI”). Dr. Berger told Sarah that the s***m would come from an anonymous s***m donor “who resembled her husband, who did not know her, and whom she did not know.” Sarah’s daughter, Carolyn Bester, discovered that Dr. Berger was her biological father after using a home DNA test kit this year.

Carolyn Bester, daughter of Sarah Depoian, said: “To say I experienced shock when I figured this out would be an extreme understatement. It feels like reality has shifted. I just want to say how proud I am of my mom for speaking out, and I’m honored to stand by her side.”

Home DNA Test Reveals Mother’s Fertility Doctor is Biological Father; Dr. Merle Berger, Founder of Boston IVF, Taught at Harvard Medical School for Over 35 Years.

27/06/2022

"Overturning Roe v. Wade will have vast, far-reaching ramifications for the fertility industry. The opinion includes numerous references to 'the unborn human being,' 'potential life,' and 'the life of the unborn.' Much of that language -- and the logic behind it -- applies to embryos," said Adam Wolf, a fertility attorney for Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise, in a statement Friday.