Mississippi Woman Files NaturaLyte Wrongful Death Lawsuit on Behalf of Mother

Mississippi Woman Files NaturaLyte Wrongful Death Lawsuit on Behalf of Mother

By John Curran

Plaintiff Laura Drake has filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of her dead mother Dorothy, alleging that her mother’s 2004 death was a result of faulty kidney dialysis chemicals GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, both manufactured by Fresenius Medical Care. The lawsuit was recently transferred to multidistrict litigation centralized in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.

Dorothy Drake reportedly died soon after kidney dialysis treatment on June 18, 2004, and the NaturaLyte lawsuit alleges that the cause were the unreasonably unsafe chemicals sold and manufactured by Fresenius Medical Care. Thousands of men and women were reportedly at risk beginning with the chemicals’ approval in 2000.

Drake’s GranuFlo lawsuit alleges that even prior to the internal memo sent by Fresenius Medical Care to its own facilities, the company was aware of problems regarding the chemicals. Studies performed by employees noted that bicarbonate levels had increased from 2004 to 2011. Analysis by a corporate medical expert found hundreds of deaths in a fraction of the Fresenius kidney dialysis centers.

Had the doctors and technicians that treated Dorothy Drake known of the risks, they would have used less of a bicarbonate buffer due to the excessive levels of the chemicals caused by the precursor sodium acetate, the GranuFlo lawsuit claims. Fresenius reportedly began issuing warnings regarding the amount of treatment to use to avoid NaturaLyte side effects, but had to continue to decrease the rate due to the mounting number of fatalities.

The GranuFlo/NaturaLyte Wrongful Death Lawsuit is Laura Drake, et al v. Fresenius USA Inc., et al, Case No. 13-cv-12449, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Counts against the kidney dialysis chemical manufacturer include strict liability, negligence, failure to warn, breach of warranties, fraudulent misrepresentation and concealment among others.

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If you or a loved one dealt with GranuFlo side effects or NaturaLyte side effects, the consequences could have been fatal. Legal remedies are available, as the number of cases pending in Massachusetts indicates. First, however, you need to determine whether or not you are eligible to file a lawsuit like the Drakes did. Learn more and get a free consultation at Kidney Dialysis Heart Attack, GranuFlo & NaturaLyte Recall Class Action Lawsuit Settlement Investigation.

While people who deal with kidney failure are already susceptible to major medical problems, documentation obtained from Fresenius Medical Care indicated that the risk of heart failures was several times higher. Get the legal remedy that the facts of your case merit when you consult with a GranuFlo cardiac arrest lawsuit attorney today.