Legal Opinion

United States ex rel. Modglin v. DJO Global Inc.

District Court, C.D. California

Decided September 2, 2014No. Case No. CV 12-07152 MMM (JCGx)PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

MARGARET M. MORROW, District Judge.

Qui tam relators Doris Modglin and Russ Milko filed this action against defendants DJO Global Inc. (“DJO Global”), DJO, LLC (“DJO”), DJO Finance LLC (“DJO Finance”), Orthofix, Inc. (“Ortho-fix”), Biomet, Inc. (“Biomet”), and EBI, LP (“EBI”) under seal and in camera on August 20, 2012. Relators invoked the court’s federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331, and alleged a single claim for violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(A) & (B).1 On December…

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