Legal Opinion
Hagerty Ex Rel. United States v. Cyberonics, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 16, 2016No. 16-1304PPublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Relator-Appellant Andrew Hagerty (“Hagerty”) brought a qui tam action against Appellee Cyberonics, Inc. (“Cyber- onics”) alleging, among other things, that Cyberonics violated the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., and related state statutes. Specifically, Hagerty alleged that Cyberonics promoted medically unnecessary replacements of batteries in nerve stimulator devices used to treat epilepsy patients, which in turn resulted in patients and medical providers filing false claims for reimbursement from government health care programs.
The district court…
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