Miller v. AMERICAN INFERTILITY GROUP

This case appears before us on interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R. 308) to consider the question certified by the circuit court.

In 2000, plaintiffs Alison Miller and Todd Parrish underwent attempted in vitro fertilization (TVF) at defendant American Infertility Group of Illinois, S.C., d/b/a The Center for Human Reproduction Illinois (Center). The defendant Center, however, did not cryopreserve the resulting blastocyst for future use.

Cryopreservation refers to “ [maintaining the viability of an embryo, spermatozoa, or excised tissues or organs through the…