Witt v. Yale-New Haven Hospital

The question presented by the motion to strike filed by the defendant, Yale-New Haven Hospital, is one of first impression. Essentially, the issue is whether the facts alleged by the plaintiffs, Carolyn Witt and Thomas Witt, which detail their lost opportunity to potentially conceive a child together, support claims of either negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress. More specifically, the plaintiffs allege that the Yale Fertility Center at the defendant hospital discarded Carolyn Witt’s ovarian tissue, which had been cryogenically frozen and stored for the purpose of using…