MEDTRONIC DISENTANGLES FROM DURRANI INFUSE LAWSUITS (Orthopedics This Week)
Medtronic plc actually had good legal news on September 23, 2016, regarding an Infuse lawsuit.
Spine patients in Ohio who had back surgery performed by federal fugitive, Atiq Durrani M.D., joined together to sue Medtronic because Durrani used Infuse in an alleged off-label fashion. Durrani is currently practicing back surgery on Pakistanis after fleeing the country just ahead of a Department of Justice (DOJ) posse on his tail for alleged Medicare false claims. He was the top Medicare billing doc in Ohio for a couple of years.
The good news for Medtronic is that the judge overseeing the combined cases ruled that there was no case because all but the fraud claims were pre-empted and fraud allegations were too vague.
The patients’ claims included alleged fraud; product liability for failure to warn, design defect, misrepresentation and negligence; and breach of warranty, according to court documents.
Most Wanted List
Durrani has made it up to number 18 on the DOJ's “Most Wanted” list. See the list here.
He was indicted in 2013 on charges of health care fraud, false statements related to health care matters, ma...
