United States ex rel. Modglin v. DJO Global Inc.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

Qui tam relators Doris Modglin and Russ Milko filed this action against defendants DJO Global Inc. (“DJO Global”), DJO, LLC (“DJO”), DJO Finance LLC (“DJO Finance”), Orthofix, Inc. (“Ortho-fix”), Biomet, Inc. (“Biomet”), and EBI, LP (“EBI”) under seal and in camera on August 20, 2012. Relators invoked the court’s federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 , and alleged a single claim for violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (a)(1)(A) & (B). 1 On December 26, 2012, they filed a first amended complaint, realleging the federal FCA claim and alleging state FCA claims under the equivalent statutes of 29 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New *1368 York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. 2 On May 17, 2013, the United States declined to intervene in the case. 3 On July 19, 2013, each of the 29 states also declined to intervene. 4 The…