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United States Ex Rel. Poteet v. Bahler Medical, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided September 8, 2010No. 09-1728PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

The False Claims Act (FCA) allows private persons to file qui tam actions on behalf of the United States against persons or entities who knowingly submit false claims to the federal government. 31 U.S.C. § 3730. In 2007, Jacqueline Kay Poteet brought a qui tam action against 120 spine surgeons 1 and eighteen medical device distributors. Poteet, a former employee of Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA, Inc. (MSD), claimed that the defendants defrauded the federal government by, among other things, unlawfully promoting the medical products of MSD and its parent Medtronic Inc.

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  3. United States of America, Ex Rel. Springfield Terminal Railway Company David A. Fink v. Francis X. QuinnCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
  4. United States Ex Rel. Karvelas v. Melrose-Wakefield HospitalCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
  5. United States of America, Ex Rel. Stinson, Lyons, Gerlin & Bustamante, P.A. v. The Prudential Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991

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  5. United States Ex Rel. D'Agostino v. EV3, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015

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