Received settlement letter in October 2018. Lawyer medicare fees ect taken already. Six figure dwindled down to 5. Advised early to get probate lawyer where rest of money now sits in sn acct. Now he’s filing for heirship. I have no siblings. I feel he has had 8 yrs to find this info.

George, on or about December 24, 2018 my sister received a letter or email from our attorney giving the amount of the settlement awarded to our family. The awarded amount was:

Settlement Amount $158,683.00
Case Expenses:
Law Group Expenses $1334.00
Common Benefit Expenses 6347.00
Lien Resolution Fee Holdback 200.00
Medicare/Medicaid PLRP Verification
of Eligibility Fee 125.00
Qualified Settlement Fund Administration
Fee 100.00

-Total Fees Above: $ 8106.00
Less Attorney’s Fees 60,230.00
Lien Holdback (private attorney fees PLLC) 28,245.00
Estate expenses 500.00

Net Proceeds to Client $ 61,600
And this is to be divided among 12 siblings.
It is quite disappointing to say the least. After all these years of waiting and after all our mother has suffered before she died this seems like a kick to the gut. Im starting to wonder if our attorney helped himself instead of us. By the way, we were informed some months ago by his office that he had gotten paid, left the case and moved on, like back in July or August! Imagine that.

This has been a nightmare to say the least, I smell a mal practice suite, Misrepresentation, not answering calls, withholding information, and just flat-out lying. Attorney’s helped themselves not the client.

Your fees seem quite high. U should check it further, and your agreement is with the firm, not just the attorney.

It is over for me but never forgotten. This whole experience has showed me just what this judicial system thinks of victims. Big pharma will always win unless we find a way to stop it. I am starting with filing a grievance against my attorney at the state bar association.

I just found out about this lawsuit recently. My dad was a dialysis patient for Fresenius, he passed away in 2015. Is it too late for me to do anything about this?

Has anyone contacted another law firm to explore any wrongdoing in this MDL?

We keep hearing from attorney that granuflo case still is settled. They will contact us as soon as they reach some sort of agreement. It’s been 4years.

It has been 7 years since my mother died in the parking lot, 10 min after her dialyses treatment. It has been since October 2016 that we have had any contact with attorney’s about her case.

Case 1:13-md-02428-DPW Document 2024 Filed 06/10/19 Page 1 of 3
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
IN RE: FRESENIUS GRANUFLO/ )
NATURALYTE DIALYSATE ) MDL no. 13-2428-DPW PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION )
This document relates to: all settlement cases
PLAINTIFFS’ SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE’S STATUS REPORT REGARDING CONCLUSION OF SETTLEMENT PROGRAM
The Plaintiffs’ Settlement Committee, with the knowledge and assent of the Settlement Special Master, Professor Eric Green, hereby advises the Court that it considers the GranuFlo- NaturaLyte Settlement Program to be concluded. In support of that conclusion, the Committee submits the following for the Court’s consideration:
1. As more fully described in Professor Green’s report to this Court dated May 31, 2018, the claims processing, claim evaluation and claim appeals process for the parties’ private settlement program concluded one year ago.
2. Shortly thereafter, notice of settlement award amounts issued to counsel for all eligible claimants, which was followed by initiation of the process to resolve medical liens for all eligible awards. Providio Medisolutions LLC (now known as Archer Systems LLC and hereafter referred to as “Providio/Archer”), administered the medical lien resolution program.
3. Starting in about the Fall of 2018 and continuing thereafter on a rolling basis, as medical liens were resolved, awards were distributed to claimants through their counsel of record by the Court-appointed Qualified Settlement Fund (QSF) Administrator, Providio/Archer.
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4. On a regular basis, the undersigned notified counsel for Fresenius as to which cases received their award distribution, so that Fresenius could file Stipulations of Dismissal to terminate each respective case.
5. As of this submission, Providio/Archer has resolved all medical liens and distributed all settlement awards for eligible claimants, with one exception: a small number of awards (four at the time of this submission) have been held back where counsel for the claimants have asked Providio/Archer to hold the available settlement funds in escrow, typically to allow claimant counsel additional time to address other settlement-related processes for those claims (for example, probate approval or the creation of settlement trusts). Providio/Archer will release these funds immediately upon request by claimant counsel.1
6. Except for Providio/Archer’s very limited ongoing activity described in paragraph 5 above, the Plaintiffs’ Settlement Committee considers the GranuFlo-NaturaLyte Settlement Program to be concluded.
7. The Plaintiffs’ Settlement Committee will continue to cooperate with Fresenius counsel to ensure that all Stipulations of Dismissal for settlement cases are filed.
1 These cases are pending in Massachusetts state court.
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Case 1:13-md-02428-DPW
Document 2024 Filed 06/10/19 Page 3 of 3
Dated: June 10, 2019
Respectfully submitted,

Larry i think your case was moved from the MDL to (St. Louis) this was done years ago you would not be part of the settlement If this happened. You would have to find out what happened in St. Louis with your case. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiffs motion to remand this action [Doc. #19] is granted. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall remand this action to the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri (City of St. Louis) from which it was removed. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants motion to sever plaintiffs claims [Doc. #2] is denied. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants motion to stay proceedings pending the decision of the JPML [Doc. #5] is denied. (copy of order sent to Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri (City of St. Louis) Signed by District Judge Carol E. Jackson on 1/15/2014. (KMS)

Party Names
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Defendant
Fresenius Medical Care North America, Inc., Defendant
Fresenius USA Manufacturing, Inc., Defendant
Fresenius USA Marketing, Inc., Defendant
Fresenius USA Sales, Inc., Defendant
Fresenius USA, Inc., Defendant
the Estate of Dorothy Posey, Plaintiff
the Estate of Linda Aday, Plaintiff
Deanna Aday, Plaintiff
Abelino Benavides, Plaintiff
Makita Brown, Plaintiff
George E. Collins, Plaintiff
Mary Glenn, Plaintiff
Edward Grenham, Plaintiff
Roderick L. Jackson, Plaintiff
Verna Lummus, Plaintiff
Irene A. Tenaro, Plaintiff
Geraldine Wiltz, Plaintiff
Denise Courson Withers, Plaintiff
and the Estate of Charles Wiltz, Sr., Plaintiff
the Estate of Andrew Glenn, Plaintiff
the Estate of Denise M. Collins, Plaintiff
the Estate of Emmaline Geter Brown, Plaintiff
the Estate of Henry Clay Jackson, Plaintiff
the Estate of Lydia R. Benavides, Plaintiff
the Estate of Ronald N. Tenaro, Plaintiff
the Estate of Thelma M. Courson, Plaintiff

case number (13-2462) – Aday et al v. Fresenius Medical Care North America, Inc. et a

My mother passed away on November 17, 2008 , about 30 minutes after she had her dialysis done. My siblings and I have signed all type of paperwork. FedEx were bringing letters, in one letter it gave us a date, when to expect a.payment, that was back in 2015-16 I believe, we ain’t seen nothing nor heard nothing from the attorney on the case.
My sister and I have made numerous calls, the secretary , tells up to leave a message for the attorney handling the case, but we never hear back from anyone.

What’s going on with these cases.

My mother died as a result of their mistake. We were apart of that first 2000 to be heard and there was a major communication issue related to this the cases. Last minute dead lines ,etc… I feel the entire case has been handled poorly for all of us. Traffic victims are handled better that these cases are and their doing this world wide. They are a large enough company to acknowledge their mistake a respond appropriately to each victim.
Something is being poorly done to represent our interest with this International company .

Was anybody’s claim denied? My attorney had me under the impression that I’d be a recipient of the lawsuit for 2 years; then I was hit with the denial.

My mother was given granu for years on dialysis and suffered a heart attack and a stroke on the machine. When the attorney came she did talk to him, that was years ago. Several patients was awarded in the case but we never heard anything from them. My mother passed away in 2017 and I talked to another attorney which told me it was to late to look into this again. So I didnt know which way to turn for help.

Underhanded handeling of this gigantic lawsduit. People lost. Lawyers won. Period

My wife died shortly receiving dialysis in 2010. I joined class action lawsuit. When a settlement was reached. I was told my wife did not receive Granulo. This was not a problem prior to joining the class action lawsuit. They had all of her information. What it came down to was they used my wife as a statistic to win their case.

My mother died in 2012 from a heart attack. She had an heart attack earlier in 2010-11 but it wasn’t fatal. She said that the Medicine during her dialysis was making her miserable. We call the Lawyer in the Lawsuit but they gave us the run around, then told us we didn’t qualify, which didn’t make sense.