In Re Guidant Corp. Implantable Defibrillators Products Liability Litigation

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING GUIDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE MEDICARE SECONDARY PAYER AND THIRD-PARTY PAYER CLAIMS IN THE MASTER COMPLAINT

FRANK, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This matter came before the Court on March 6, 2007, pursuant to a Motion to Dismiss the Medicare Secondary Payer Claims and the Third-Party Payer in the Master Complaint brought by Guidant Corporation, Guidant Sales Corporation, Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc., and Boston Scientific Corporation (collectively, “Gui-dant”). For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants Guidant’s Motion.

BACKGROUND

For the purposes of this…