DEFENDANT FIGHTS BACK AGAINST MiMEDX "BLATANT INTIMIDATION" NON-COMPETE SUIT (press release)
Ex-MiMedx Employee Caralyn Gargan Files Counterclaims for "Predatory Sales Practices" and "Incentivized Fraud" per Mintz Attorneys
MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- One of 10 defendants who were sued earlier this year by MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDXG) today filed counterclaims against the placental biologics company. Caralyn Gargan, a former MiMedx employee, filed the action against MiMedx for "predatory sales practices" and "incentivized fraud, including Medicare fraud." Gargan also formally presented her answers and defenses to MiMedx's lawsuit which claimed that the 10 former employees, who recently left the company, allegedly breached their contractual obligations to MiMedx. The filing describes the MiMedx suit as a "blatant intimidation tactic."
Specifically, the counterclaims by Gargan allege that MiMedx "engaged in and has directed members of its sales team including [the former employee] to engage in, predatory sales practices aimed at increasing its revenue by incentivizing fraud on the United States government, including Medicare frau...
