Si usted es un paciente negro con enfermedad renal registrado en la lista de espera nacional para trasplantes de riñón en un hospital de trasplantes de California o en el Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,

Plaintiffs in Randall v. United Network for Organ Sharing and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center allege that the defendants employed or permitted the use of a race-based coefficient in calculating estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) for Black kidney disease patients, making their kidney function appear healthier than it actually was. According to the complaint, this practice violated California's Unruh Civil Rights Act and resulted in some Black patients experiencing delays in accruing waitlist time and losing opportunities to receive donor kidneys.

The lawsuit seeks at least $4,000 per occurrence of alleged discrimination, plus attorney's fees and costs. Defendants contend they acted in patients' interests and did not violate California law. The case is pending in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The court has certified class groups consisting of Black patients with kidney disease registered on the national kidney transplant waitlist at California transplant hospitals and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from 2000 to present who would have qualified for waitlist time adjustments under a race-neutral eGFR calculation but did not receive them due to the race-inclusive formula.

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