U.S. EX REL. POTEET v. LENKE

Civil Action No. 07-10237-RGS.

604 F.Supp.2d 313 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America ex. rel. Jacqueline Kay POTEET and John Doe v. Lawrence G. LENKE, M.D., et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara M. Bloom, Donald J. Savery, United States Attorney's Office, Richard J. Grahn, Charles P. Kindregan, Looney & Grossman, Boston, MA, Andrew R. Carr, Jr., Tim Edwards, Glassman, Edwards, Wade & Wyatt, Everett B. Gibson, Bateman Gibson, LLC, Ralph T. Gibson, Memphis, TN, Richard J. Grahn, Charles P. Kindregan, Looney & Grossman, for United States of America ex. rel. Jacqueline Kay Poteet and John Doe.

Bradford E. Adatto, Michael S. Byrd, Bradley E. McLain, Settle Pou, Dallas, TX, Nathan Bicks, Jennifer S. Haggerman, Burch, Porter & Johnson PLC, Buckner P. Wellford, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Memphis, TN, Scott E. Erlich, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Michael K. Fee, David Hartnagel, Ropes & Gray LLP, Peter E. Gelhaar, Jill Brenner Meixel, Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, Ara B. Gershengorn, Nicholas C. Theodorou, Foley Hoag LLP, John P. Graceffa, Thomas M. Prokop, Morrison Mahoney LLP, Matthew J. Griffin, Peabody & Arnold LLP, Marie F. Mercier, Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, Robert L. Peabody, Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP, Robert L. Ullman, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, Rebecca J. Wilson, Peabody & Arnold LLP, Andrew Neil Hartzel, Kevin G. Kenneally, LeClair Ryan, P.C., Boston, MA, Mark A. Fogg, Sheryl K. Gunstream, Dean A. McConnell, Kennedy Childs & Fogg, P.C., Denver, CO, Dulce J. Foster, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, Donald H. Heller, Donald H. Heller, A Law Corporation, Sacramento, CA, Steven M. Janove, Cedron & Janove, West Philadelphia, PA, Paul G. Rozelle, Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP, Columbus, OH, for Lawrence G. Lenke, M.D., et al.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

STEARNS, District Judge.

On February 7, 2007, plaintiff/relator Jacqueline Kay Poteet commenced this action under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., by filing a sealed Complaint against 120 spine surgeons (the "doctor defendants") and eighteen medical device distributors (the "distributor defendants"). Poteet alleges that defendants defrauded the federal government...

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