United States Ex Rel. Nowak v. Medtronic, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, District Judge.

Relators Trida Nowak and Enda Dodd (the “relators”) bring this qui tam action against Medtronic, Inc., on behalf of the United States, twenty-two states, and the District of Columbia. The relators allege that Medtronic knowingly and intentionally made false statements - and caused to be submitted false claims in violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a), and similar state statutes and that it wrongfully terminated Nowak in violation of the anti-retaliation provision of the FCA, 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h) and related…