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U.S. EX REL. PAULOS v. STRYKER CORP.

Nos. 13-2509, 13-2647.

762 F.3d 688 (2014)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Lonnie PAULOS, MD, Plaintiff-Appellant v. STRYKER CORPORATION; I-Flow Corporation, Defendants-Appellees Orthofix International, as Successor to Breg, Inc., Defendant United States ex rel. Lonnie Paulos, MD, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Stryker Corporation; I-Flow Corporation, Defendants-Appellants Orthofix International, as Successor to Breg, Inc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 7, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony L. DeWitt , Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Gorny, PC, Jefferson City, MO, argued ( Edward D. Robertson, Jr. , Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Gorny, PC, Jefferson City, MO, Charles H. Thronson , Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, UT, Michael A. Worel , Dewsnup King & Olson, Salt Lake City, UT, on the brief), for appellant/cross-appellee Lonnie Paulos, MD.

Joshua S. Levy , Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA, argued ( Brien T. O'Connor , Boston, MA, Douglas H. Hallward-Driemeier , Washington, DC, Amanda N. Raad , New York City, NY, Ropes & Gray LLP, George E. Wolf , Kelly Bieri , Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee/cross-appellant Stryker Corp.

Constantine L. Trela, Jr. , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, argued ( Stephen L. Hill, Jr. , Dentons US LLP, Kansas City, MO, Andrew G. Klevorn , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL, on the brief), for appellee/cross-appellant I-Flow, LLC.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BENTON and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

RILEY, Chief Judge.

In the early 2000s, doctors saw a spike in the number of patients developing chondrolysis — a rare and "painful medical condition whereby an individual loses articular cartilage in a joint," Mack v. Stryker Corp., 748 F.3d 845, 848 (8th Cir.2014). Concern then surfaced that this spike was related to the use of medical devices known as "pain pumps" to deliver anesthetics via catheter into patients...

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