Colo. Judge Dismisses Failure-To-Warn, Warranty Claims Against Clinic Owner in GranuFlo/NaturaLyte Case

DENVER — A Colorado federal judge has dismissed claims of failure to warn and breach of warranty brought against the owner of dialysis centers that used GranuFlo and NaturaLyte, ruling that because it did not manufacture the compounds it cannot be held liable under these theories.

However, in the April 9 order, Judge R. Brooke Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado allowed the negligence and fraudulent concealment claims to proceed, finding the plaintiffs adequately explained how the center's monitoring systems would have detected changes in patients' blood pH levels and how the defendant should …