UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Elaine GEORGE, Plaintiffs,
v.
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION and Guidant Corporation, Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 27, 2012.
March 27, 2012.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mary Michelle Zingaro, Office of U.S. Attorney, Mitchell R. Kreindler, Kreindler & Associates, Houston, TX, Michele M. Fox, United States Department of Justice, Lori E. Iwan, Iwan Cray Huber Horstman & Van Ausdal L.L.C., Chicago, IL, David W. Sanford, Sanford Wittels et al., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.
Frederick Robinson, Lesley C. Reynolds, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, DC, Jaclyn A. Hermes, R. Jeffrey Layne, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Austin, TX, Randall Shirres Richardson, Fulbright Jaworski L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants.
United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
In this qui tam action, the relator, Elaine George,1 alleged that the defendants, Boston Scientific Corporation and Guidant Corporation, improperly promoted a medical device for an off-label use, causing physicians and hospitals to submit fraudulent reimbursement claims to Medicare and Medicaid. In her amended complaint, George asserted a violation of the False Claims...
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