Spine Company, 2 Top Execs Settle Kickback, False Claims Suit For $5.9M

(November 11, 2019, 1:53 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — Orthopedic device maker Life Spine Inc., its founder and a vice president will pay $5.9 million to settle a false claims lawsuit that they paid kickbacks to surgeons to use Life Spine products, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York announced Nov. 7 (United States, et al., ex rel. BNHT LLC v. Life Spine Inc., et al., No. 18-1311, S.D. N.Y.)....