Couple sue fertility clinic over contamination of embryos that had to be destroyed as a result

The case before Mr Justice O’Higgins is expected to last three weeks and continues on Friday. File picture

A husband and wife have launched a High Court action seeking damages for nervous shock claiming their five embryos stored at a fertility clinic became contaminated and had to be destroyed.

The couple who had opted for embryo freezing before the woman had chemotherapy for breast cancer claim they have suffered a loss of chance and an opportunity to extend their family.