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

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THE CORRECTED THIRD AMENDED COM- ■ PLAINT ■ '

Qui tam relators Doris Modglin and Russ Milko filed this action against defendants bjO 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 twenty-nine states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New 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 twenty-nine states…