One of the dialysis clinics that used the controversial NaturaLyte and GranuFlo dialysates is trying to convince a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits filed against them. Both products have been linked to sudden cardiac arrest, often occurring during or shortly after hemodialysis, and the company... Read More

A wrongful death action was recently brought by the estate of Jerry L. Lingerfelt in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Boston). In her GranuFlo and Naturalyte lawsuit, plaintiff Brenda Lingerfelt alleges that due to his exposure to the defectively designed Granuflo,... Read More

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Fresenius Medical Care, the company responsible for running the largest network of dialysis clinics in the United States. The firm makes the controversial dialysate GranuFlo, and issues it through their own clinics and other clinics around the... Read More

Federal Judge Douglas P. Woodlock, who is presiding over multidistrict litigation (MDL) that centralizes similar Fresenius dialysis injury lawsuits involving injuries from Granuflo and Naturalyte, has scheduled an initial status conference for August 30, 2013. According to the July 29th judicial order, the first scheduling conference... Read More

A Granuflo recall lawsuit has been brought against Fresenius, the pharmaceutical company behind the controversial dialysate. Filed late last month in Massachusetts, the complaint alleges that Fresenius failed to properly warn patients about the GranuFlo death risk posed by strokes and heart attacks. It is the... Read More

A resident of Pennsylvania filed a GranuFlo heart attack lawsuit on June 28, 2013 against Fresenius Medical Care Holdings. The complaint is a wrongful death lawsuit; the plaintiff, Lawrence Harbaugh, is representing the estate of his wife, Carolyn Harbaugh, deceased. The case is currently proceeding in... Read More

On June 21, a group of six lawyers representing plaintiffs involved in Granuflo litigation filed a motion to request appointment to a variety of leadership roles in the recently-established federal multidistrict litigation (MDL 2428). The MDL, which is to be heard in Massachusetts District Court, was... Read More