Cooper Surgical Sued for Defective Embryo Culture Media

0:00It's March 23rd. This is Hartford News today, local news powered by AI. A class-action lawsuit from more than 100 families targets Cooper-Surgical, a Connecticut-based fertility company. Lawyers claim the firm knowingly shipped defective culture media used to grow embryos, leading to the loss of hundreds of them. New court filings reveal internal documents where a third-party vendor warned about a failed quality control test before distribution. Despite the red flag, the company went ahead and sent out the product anyway. Families affected have shared stories of deep heartbreak. Many face extra invasive procedures to create new embryos, but some couldn't and lost their only shot at parenthood. The lead lawyer from Clarkson Law firm stresses that Cooper-Surgical put profits first and should face serious consequences for the harm caused. Company lawyers having commented on the latest claims, though they previously said testing was adequate. With operations in more than 100 countries and 3,000 employees,

1:01Cooper-Surgical now grapples with these mounting allegations in federal court.