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4683 An action against a fertility clinic based on the allegation that, while treating plaintiffs, employees of the clinic stole their eggs and sold them to other patients was not subject to provisions of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA); under the discovery rule, unless plaintiffs were aware of it, widespread publicity regarding an incident in which they were victims of a tort does not trigger running of the statute of limitations.CitationUNRUH-HAXTON v REGENTS (Stolen Eggs) 162 CA4 343 [See: Perry v Shaw 88 CA4 658, T/AT 6/01; Smith v Bennett 133 CA4 1507, T/AT 12/05; Norgart v Upjohn 21 C4 383, T/AT 9/99; Nelson v Indevus 142 CA4 1202, T/AT 10/06]
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