Overview
- A West Australian couple who donated embryos has filed a negligence and contract claim in the Victorian Supreme Court against Monash IVF after a wrongful embryo transfer in Brisbane.
- Court filings state a Brisbane patient gave birth in 2023 after she was implanted with another couple's embryo at Monash IVF's Brisbane clinic.
- The donors say they learned in February 2025 that the child was not related to them and they report trauma, grief and a chronic adjustment disorder.
- The writ alleges unsafe labelling, transport and identification of embryos and a failure to audit embryo counts after transfer.
- Monash has said it settled with other families and ordered an independent review in 2025 after separate errors in Brisbane and Melbourne led to tighter conditions from Victoria's health regulator.