Judge Denies Doctors’ New Trial Request Following False Claims Act Verdict

Mealey's (May 14, 2020, 10:52 AM EDT) -- CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A federal judge in Missouri on April 15 denied a motion for new trial and/or judgment as a matter of law filed by two doctors and their practices after a jury found that the defendants conspired to violate the False Claims Act (FCA) as part of a kickback scheme involving spinal surgeries, ruling that the defendants’ challenges to the jury instructions should have been raised during the trial (United States ex rel. Paul Cairns v. D.S. Medical LLC, et al., No. 12CV004, E.D. Mo., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66323)....