A $250 million settlement has been reached between Fresenius Medical Care and the patients that claimed the company's dialysis products led to serious and deadly side effects. The settlement is “in principle,” which means the company agreed to the settlement without admitting to any defect in their product or... Read More

Following the untimely loss of Clarence Arrington, his surviving family members filed a Granuflo lawsuit against Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. Daniel Lemont Arrington, the plaintiff, claims that the decedent lost his life as a result of the allegedly defective dialysis products manufactured by the defendants. The... Read More

As hundreds of plaintiffs await their day in court, the coordinated litigation involving Fresenius dialysis products Granuflo and Naturalyte continues to move forward. Last week, the judge overseeing the proceedings and parties involved in the litigation reviewed preparation of early trials that could provide insight... Read More

A NaturaLyte lawsuit alleging heart injury was filed on July 1 of this year on behalf of a decedent who experienced a “severe adverse cardiovascular event” while receiving dialysis treatment at a Fresenius clinic. According to the complaint, Marshall Russell Phillips was stricken on July... Read More

Another GranuFlo lawsuit has been filed over a death allegedly related to recalled dialysis products. The recent case (# 15-cv-11668) was filed on April 22, 2015 in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. The complaint names “Debra Phelps, personal representative of Estate of William... Read More

A plaintiff who has added his Granuflo lawsuit to the growing multidistrict litigation currently underway in Massachusetts alleges that use of Granuflo or Naturalyte during his dialysis treatment led to a heart attack at a Fresenius clinic. The plaintiff links his injuries, which occurred in 2012,... Read More

On November 17, 2014, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) published its regular report, including data regarding the Granuflo dialysis lawsuits consolidated before U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock. According to the report, there are now 2,221 cases filed against Granuflo manufacturer Fresenius... Read More

In a series of ongoing products liability lawsuits filed against Fresenius Medical Care, the list of plaintiffs and lawsuits continues to grow, topping 2,089 total cases according to a recent MultiDistrict Litigation statistics report. The multidistrict litigation mounting against Fresenius with regard to its Granuflo... Read More