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Fresenius Medical Care AG is being sued by its North American unit’s former general counsel, Douglas Kott, who alleges the healthcare company fired him for reporting possible misconduct.
Mr. Kott, who said he was terminated from a role at the company in March, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston.
Mr. Kott alleged that he was dismissed after making serial reports of possible misconduct to Fresenius’s leadership during a legally fraught period for the company, after it had begun an internal investigation in 2012 into bribery allegations and was seeking a resolution with U.S. authorities.
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Fresenius declined to comment, saying it doesn’t comment on personnel matters.
Mr. Kott in his lawsuit said he had engaged in a yearslong pattern of whistleblowing before being demoted and ultimately fired last month.
He joined Fresenius’s U.S. unit, known as FMCNA, in 1997 and became its general counsel in 2012, according to the lawsuit. He said that in 2014 he discovered information on “apparent misconduct” within Fresenius that violated U.S. securities laws. He reported it to then-FMCNA Chief Executive Ron Kuerbitz and the company’s compliance department, he said.
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