1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 858 F.3d
  5. 858 F.3d 365 (2017)
 

U.S. EX REL. COLQUITT v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES

No. 16-10814.

858 F.3d 365 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, EX REL.; Kevin N. COLQUITT, Individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Individually and as Successor-in-Interest to Guidant Corporation; Abbott Vascular Solutions, Incorporated, formerly known as Guidant Endovascular Solutions, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED May 31, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher S. Hamilton, Esq., Andrea Lynn Fitzgerald, Meagan Martin, Standly & Hamilton, L.L.P., Kirsten Marisol Castaneda, Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Kelly R. Bagby, Esq., Maame Gyamfi, AARP Foundation Litigation, Andrew M. Beato, Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John Caviness O'Quinn, Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Washington, DC, George W. Bramblett, Jr., Esq., Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, James F. Hurst, Andrew Alan Kassof, Esq., Counsel, Daniel Siegfried, Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

Relator Kevin Colquitt lost the qui tam war against his former employer Abbott Laboratories in three battles. He pursued three False Claims Act theories based on claims submitted to Medicare by medical providers engaged in the "off-label" use of Abbott's medical stents. A false inducement claim and a claim predicated...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases