I am a Dialysis patient for one and one half years now. Attor. Amy is no longer with the firm. Secondly, when I first retained my Attorneys in 2012 the fee was set at 33% or 40% if we went to trial. She was 83 & being poisoned in dialysis for yrs. It was going to be but they extended the opt-in date and so that date is no longer valid for the bellwether trial so disregard it .For the people asking more people can opt in if they did not realize they had a case plain and simple no. 600.00 is ZERO to me. Does anyone know if I can just not return the paperwork? As todays announcement makes clear, this Office will continue its long tradition of aggressively investigating companies and individuals who use bribes and kickbacks to gain an unfair and illicit business advantage, or who deliberately turn a blind eye to that conduct., This case shows the continued commitment of the FBI and our partners to investigate bribery and corruption worldwide, said FBI Assistant Director Robert Johnson. This is pretty typical of how she is after dialysis so we weren't too worried. I guarantee he would take your place anyday to see his grand kids ( 2 whom he had never got to meet). This is just gotten ridiculous. After sending all (and I mean ALL) me. While cardiac arrest is likened to an electrical problem in the hearts beat, a heart attack is often described as a plumbing problem, where an artery clogs and blocks the flow of blood. You have made billions of dollars off of these sick people. Law360, Boston (February 27, 2017, 8:21 PM EST) -- A man whose next of kin are suing Fresenius Medical Care didnt actually die from taking the companys dialysis drugs, but instead a heart attack that followed years of stunningly high blood pressure and other medical problems killed him, an expert for the company testified Mo. As far as payment who kno. 56.1 Tue 5:02 PM Husband died while on dialysis of cardiac arrest in 2011. I'd rather have a firm amount before I opt-in. These cases are going to trial or are part of the MDL bellwether are very complex who knows with the Jury is going to On my lawsuit I have a dif. They will have to show more causation or proof and they will end up getting a trial date if more proof can be shown. If your case gets dismissed it will probably be done with prejudice meaning you can never no another lawsuit against this company. According to my paperwork each area that you meet you get points and the number of years of life left for the person you lost you get points. Dial's estate is represented by Robert Carey and Molly Booker of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Craig Valentine of Norton Frickey LP and Stuart Paynter of the Paynter Law, Joe, you seem to know more about this case & have been more informational than our own attorney's. Check with your lawyers and see if they come up with the same amount and let us. They think this is a game but God is in control. If we can prove that then we have another lawsuit in our hands. The settlement came as a result of a whistle blower case brought to the U.S.Attorneys office by a former employee. Thier neglegence & greed have damaged our lives beyond repair. In total, Fresenius admitted to earning more than $140 million in profits from the corrupt schemes. 2. My mom died on the table at 58 years of age April 2011 still waiting haven't heard anything except being told to settle out of courtand lawyer is taking 40 % does anyone know amounts or dates..We still owe the funeral home even if that gets paid will be ok nothing will ever bring her back or replace her.just a shame we have to fight five years now to pay for funeral expenses. I feel like they are playing with us now. I no 7700 people dont qualify for granuflo I started here in oct 2015. My loved one also died within 24 hours and within the dates stated. I lost my grandfather in 2005 from this drug. Defendants' Joint Motion for Further Extension of Settlement Program's Opt-In and Voiding Deadlines1813 ALLOWED and adopted as follows: January 13, 2017 - Date by which plaintiffs may opt in to the settlement program; January 18, 2017 - Date by which all opt in data and documents will be supplied to Fresenius; May 10, 2017 - Date by which Fresenius may elect to void pursuant to the terms of the MS. It was unclear from Fresenius label or its training how those two worked, leading to chemical overloads and heart arrhythmias, the Dials say. Dial is one of the holdouts, and the first to go to trial. IT'S CALLED UNDER DURESS.GO TO CNN NEW Specifically, Fresenius engaged in a check-cashing scheme where employees were directed to cash checks that had been made payable in their names and return the cash to the general manager of Freseniuss distributor and agent where he [the agent] then arranged to have the cash delivered to Saudi government doctors and others. This is all very sad that they are taking so long, My father woke up on 11/30/2010, went to dialysis they were having issues keeping his BP under control and instead of sending him to a hospital they sent him home. Fresenius on the same grounds.Those cases are done, over with they will receive nothing.Unfortunately for those people it is the end of the lawsuit. (Posted below) there are 7700 people so far the article is dated December 14, 2016 .she's quoting the numbers from the manuscript from the lone Pine hearing. According to the American Heart Association, a heart attack occurs when an artery in the heart is blocked, cutting off blood. I only had to look at his prescription, Borkan said. The case is Dial v. Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. et al., case number 1:14-cv-11101, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Thanks in advance if anyone has any info to shed light on this. We qualify in general for granuflo use and death w/I 24 hours and the base is 40k gross. My My mother was not feeling well, dizzy and didn't want to eat. Not that I feel good for those of us that did. I was 25 at the time. Who knows if they will ask for a extension. Out of those 2400 how many died within 24 hours and of Cardiac Arrest and that were using Granuflo. Fresenius is represented by James Bennett and Megan S. Heinsz of Dowd Bennett LLP, William Kettlewell, Sara Silva and Maria Durant of Collora LLP and Juanita Brooks and Roger Denning of Fish & Richardson PC. Died within 24 hours. ATTENTION EVERYONE, ITS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF US HAVE LOST A FAMILY MEMBER DUE TO THEIR NEGLAGENCE,DONT SIGN, THAT AMOUNT IS A LOW BALL DISCRACE TO US, THEY THINK WE ARE ALL NEEDY AND HARD UP STICK IT OUT FOR YOUR LOVED ONES THEY THINK WE ARE STUPID YOU KNOW WHOS GONNA MAKE OUT;; THE DRUG COMPANYS AND THE LAWYERS WE ARE STILL ASS OUTARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT A MEAZLY COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS'' BY THE, ATTENTION EVERYONE, ITS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF US HAVE LOST A FAMILY MEMBER DUE TO THEIR NEGLAGENCE,DONT SIGN, THAT AMOUNT IS A LOW BALL DISCRACE TO US, THEY THINK WE ARE ALL NEEDY AND HARD UP STICK IT OUT FOR YOUR LOVED ONES THEY THINK WE ARE STUPID YOU KNOW WHOS GONNA MAKE OUT;; THE DRUG COMPANYS AND THE LAWYERS WE ARE STILL ASS OUTARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT A MEAZLY COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS'' BY THE TIME THEY ARE DONE THATS ALL IT WILL BE IS A HEADACHE'', My stepmother asked my brother and I if we wanted to be a part of the lawsuit. You will find more detailed information about these cookies and the associated data processing as well as the possibility of revocation in our Data Protection Statement. He had been on dialysis since 2006. Now my mom struggles to pay her bills without my dads disability checks. They are telling a lot of people that they no longer qualify for the settlement because of different reasons..So that 10,000+ that thought they had a case, now is being told that they have no case!! The U.S. Attorney's Office announced the settlement of a lawsuit with Fresenius Medical Care North America Inc. (a dialysis provider) for $5.2 million. But much of Fridays testimony was ripped straight from the pages of a chemistry textbook, going over in great detail the difference between bicarbonates and acetates and they way they interact. I want it over with. I agree with you George in that we should contact as many officials that can assist those of us that have been misled into thinking that there would be JUSTICE for our DECEASED loved ones. It was like i watched my. Driven by greed just like the pharmaceutical companies. BUT I LIVED LAWYERS, HIS WIFE TRIED TO TAG TEAM ME TO SIGN. Hi Arthur, I cant remember what number value each has, but they gave automatic points to start off with, points for proving the use of Granuflo and points for my dad passing away within 48 hours of dialysis treatment. I thought the lawyers were supposed to be on our side. During a brief cross-examination by Fresenius attorney Roger Denning of Fish & Richardson PC, Borkan acknowledged that hed never been the medical director for a dialysis clinic, he'd never done any published paper on blood bicarbonate levels, nor was he a doctor who specialized in heart medicine. If 97% does not agree than the chance of receiving nothing is real. The cases involved in the MDL now number approximately 2,200, and similarly allege that blood thinning drug Xarelto can cause dangerous uncontrollable bleeding episodes in patients taking it. This is pretty typical of how she is after dialysis so we weren't too worried. Worst part of all of this is that I am at he kidney function of 19% and headed to be on dialysis. LAWSUITS OVER FRESENIUS DIALYSIS TREATMENTS: A number of families throughout the United States filed claims after their loved ones died or suffered a catastrophic heart injury during or within. I still don't understand why it was legal for them to lie to us and tell us that we had lost the case and that we should except the settlement. Then, i get a letter about 6-9 months later, stating that the judges extended the parameters of the case and necessary info/etc, and that we could qualify for a settlement, and to go forward with them. However, my baby sister was only five years old. There are three cases out of the 17 that want to opt-in to the settlement,late. My lawyer said this doesn't qualify. Basically these trials are for the people that did not opt in .The settlement was excepted by both sides but it was A aggregated settlement meeting almost all people had to participate. I just read the full order judge Woodlock is pissed criticized Lawers Hagens and Berman basically saying You work for the plaintiffs not the other way around.Hagens and Berman They are basically saying "we didn't do anything, we are legally not responsible, but here is something so we don't look like an a** h*** to the public. And each of these episodes were after a dialysis treatment with granuflo. Akorn has had a busy two years in court following a flurry of data integrity woes that led former merger pa They don't even. sti()riNG kmid/ Anyone's Comments would really be appreciated as I look at this site every day. 56.1 Tue 5:02 PM We came to the legal community to make it right but instead this same community uses their clients loss, pain and suffering to line their greedy pockets the same way that the drug company did. CAUSE I HAVE HAD BRAIN SURGERY, STROKE, COMA, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE BECAUSE OF FRESENIUS USING GRANUFLO, NATRALYTE, NEWS IT WAS INJURING PEOPLE, CAUSING DEATHS. That waste is then expelledthrough urine. I gave lawyers info and they got it all taken care of. Never because if you could not find that they used this product, why not tell me that in 2012 when I got a lawyer or 2013 it would not have taken this long to find that out. But I would like to find out more about the point systems in this settlement. Print. Woodlock didnt back down, saying that some lawyers arguing against the Lone Pine order didnt know enough about their cases to move forward. What they fail to realize dialysis takes a toll on the body. OUR COMPANY Patient Care Open and Close Button A lot of individuals on here have families to take care of and bills to pay as this has been in litigation for over 3 years. Filed: March 21, 2017 as 17-1259 IT SOUNDS LIKE THE JUDGE JUST WANT IT SETTLED OR. Fresenius, which runs clinics, sells the drug and makes dialysis machines, didnt teach doctors like Buchanan how to use the drug safely, Dials family says in the first bellwether for people who have opted out of a $250 million settlement. They have used our loved ones like laboratory rats to experiment on. From the dialysis unit to the hospital by ambulance is less than a mile away and she died on the way. Debra I am pretty sure out of those 4,000 cases that qualify they aren't in category 1. How did the FDA get their information concerning the letter that was supposed to be in the hands of a Medical Director only. When the Plaintiff files a lawsuit, his complaint is limited by the scope of the EEOC investigation that can reasonably be expected to have grown out of the EEOC charge. The Dial family plaintiffs elected not to participate in the comprehensive settlement and are now barred from doing so. But now since a settlement has been reached you are cutting our family off from closure. !.I even have 2 empty re-called granuflo jugs that came from the dumpster behind the Dialysis Clinic, and the Clinic did not know of the Recall until I talked with them before my husband's passing.It is just so amazing how lawyers line their pockets with others heartbreaks. There is my natural surviving brother and step father (spouse) married to my mother when her death occurred. The most comprehensive solution to manage all your complex and ever-expanding tax and compliance needs. gor the lost that we all share. By Brian Amaral But Fresenius, a company that runs clinics, sells the drug and makes the dialysis machines, didnt adequately explain the interplay between bicarbonates and acetates, leaving doctors to botch addition and subtraction when they came up with dosing, Carey argued. For more of the latest on kidney disease related legal issues, be sure to like us on FaceBook. My case is prob one of the oddest my father had a stroke within 24 hrs of treatment. My mother passed due to cardiac arrhythmia which if the homework was properly it can lead to sudden death in which it did. I am not part of the MDL but I am being added. Keep it up and you will get your bellwether trials Good job people. REMEMBER YOU SIGN THE PAPER.SO YOU ARE SAYING YOU AGREE TO OPT IN 97%SO THEY CAN GET THEIR MONEY 7%=17.5MILLION.BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE NO LAWYER THEY CAN NOT OPT YOU IN. My condolences to all who have suffered and Good Luck to those who are choosing to ride it out. Friday, April 07, 2017 HE IS THE MIDDLE MAN HE TOOK YOUR CASE AND JOINED A CLASS A ACTION LAWSUIT. Carla they are probably worth more than that. Grandiflu had caused her to die. I retained an attorney to find out what happened to him. Also they establish a qualify settlement fund.so who knows how long the attorneys are going to keep the money in that fund. Matthew Heller April 1, 2019. Investor News Press Release. What pisses me off is they knew that it was causing heart attacks and cardiac arrests and they still didn't take it off the market. It doesn't seem worth it to me for the death of your loved one due to a chemical that Fresenius KNEW was killing people. God bless all. But Eventually I am sure your lawyer will contact you if your Case has not been THEY GOING TO GET THE BIG MONEY. Then you really must live each day to its fullest!! JUST LOOK ABOVE IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME. He raised me as if I was his own. My second clinic treatment was 12/24/11. No longer there. Court Reporter Name and Contact Information: Brenda Hancock at brhancock@msn.com Redaction Request due 2/14/2017. changed. Sorry that so many of you are having trouble with your attorneys. Thomas: My lawyer told me that I ONLY qualified for the alternative fund (1,500)! It was reported that over 2400 wrongful deaths were filed on this publication. He was revived twice and spent the next 2 years in a nursing home because he could not walk again. after her last trip, it was a constant fight - fuck their criteria- any admission I want them destroyed opt out not even sending the paper back ,1500 is a crime in itself let the lawsuit keep coming - 16 billion??? The final step is relentless follow-through. Top Class Actions has helped law firms across the country successfully find plaintiffs for class action lawsuits & mass torts since 2008, receiving tens of thousands of leads per month. SETTING THE DEADLINE BACK SO THAT THEY MEET THEIR 97%.WHICH YOU GET NOTHING MORE THAN 1500 TOTAL. I REFUSE TO SIGN,, I SENT FOR A COPY OF MY MOTHER's RECO. The body, with the abundance of bicarbonates, starts turning potassium into acid to balance it out, bringing potassium to dangerously low levels. What do we do about this? My mom was the bread winner and when she passed we lost our house, my dad lost his mind and myself being a teenager had to taken on a major duty all at once. Oh heck why didn't we get to split $650 million for the loss of our loved ones. SHE PASSED JAN 2013.. I have no reason to make things up. Here's a definition of what a bellwether trial is 2020. So I don't know why people keep telling me the first bellwether trail already took place that is not true, it is taking place right now. The defendant are going to pick weak cases I believe the Dial case that was lost was actually picked by the defendants one of their five that they got to pick thats why The case did not look good and was lost. I don't no how any lawyer has that information. I then received a letter in July 2016 stating that I will get $600,000. This lethal drug had a negative impact that resulted in unnecessary suffering and or death for all of our loved ones, who were simply trying to live! Its very cohesive, McCullough said. I have never seen anything drag out so long in my life. Th. my name is leasha and i lost my mom she had two cardiac arrest, it looks like we are all in agreement, we dont want to opt in to this discrace of a settlement we need to get eachothers info and continue on and get these people they are not taking our family members lives seriously, knowingly giviing people a drug that can kill is sick, all for money' anyone with any info on what we should and can do please get in toch with me. Oh, but now the lawyer need something else or I'm back to the alternative fund! Does anyone have and actual document from the judge or some kind of legitimate information regarding the true status. I had no choice but to opt in to the granuflo my attorney advise me to or if I opt out the will withdraw from my case and strongly adviss me the cost time and trying to find another attorney thats almost impossible they way this cretieria set up u would have had to pass at the facility it clearly state within 24 hrs thats almost no one so many families been tricked buy attorneys this is so bad li, I had no choice but to opt in to the granuflo my attorney advise me to or if I opt out the will withdraw from my case and strongly adviss me the cost time and trying to find another attorney thats almost impossible they way this cretieria set up u would have had to pass at the facility it clearly state within 24 hrs thats almost no one so many families been tricked buy attorneys this is so bad like a minnie war 12000 people with majority of them passed away after the 24hrs mr booker so if ever is natural lyte wouldn't that 97% be eazy to get especially if the only concider the ones opt in remember my attorney basically quit if I opt out im sure the bade pay for granuflo is 88 k, U can not put a price on someone life and to give them sunflower seed and that not much. 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