A California judge has granted demurrers in eight lawsuits filed against the University of California, Irvine by patients who claim they were not notified that doctors at the hospital might have stolen their eggs and embryos. The suits are the latest in a medical negligence scandal that made worldwide headlines about a decade ago when three UCI doctors were accused of stealing human eggs and embryos to conduct research or impregnate other women, some of whom gave birth.
August 03, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A California judge has granted demurrers in eight lawsuits filed against the University of California, Irvine by patients who claim they were not notified that doctors at the hospital might have stolen their eggs and embryos.
A demurrer is the equivalent in other states of a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. The plaintiffs attorney handling the cases has vowed to appeal.
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