United States v. Abbott Laboratories

Relator filed suit under the False Claims Act (FCA), alleging that his former employer, Abbott, violated the FCA by submitting to Medicare claims by medical providers engaged in the off-label use of Abbott's medical stents. The district court dismissed in part and the jury found against relator in part. The Fifth Circuit held that relator failed to allege details of an Anti-Kickback scheme with sufficient particularity; relator's false inducement claim was properly dismissed under the public disclosure bar; the district court did not err in limiting the time frame of the false presentment theory presented to the jury; the court rejected relator's evidentiary challenges; and the district court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting relator's proposed jury instructions. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment. View "United States v. Abbott Laboratories" on Justia Law