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Pennsylvania Consulting Engineering Firm Settles Whistleblower Retaliation Case With Civil Engineer

In 2004, and in anticipation of a settlement between the parties, United States District Judge Malcolm Muir dismissed David A. Anderson’s whistleblower retaliation case against his former employer McTish, Kunkle & Associates which was pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Docket No. 04-CV-754.
Anderson, represented by qui tam whistleblower attorney Timothy J. McInnis, alleged that he was laid off in November 2002, and not called back for work because he had investigated and complained of fraud by the McTish firm and others against the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Authority (“FHWA”).
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The McTish firm had been awarded an engineering consulting contract to provide supplemental inspection staff on a road construction project along Pennsylvania State Route 15 in Tioga County. Anderson’s allegations were set forth in a First Amended Complaint against McTish that was filed in May 2006. The McTish firm’s motion to dismiss that amended Complaint was denied by Judge Muir in July 2006. The terms of the settlement between Anderson and McTish were not publicly disclosed in the action at the time of its dismissal.
Related filed court documents:
Anderson News Release (PDF)
Order Dismissal (PDF)
McTish Order Denial (PDF)
First Amended Complaint (PDF)

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On October 14, 2020, medical device maker Merit Medical Systems Inc. (MMSI), of South Jordan, Utah, agreed to pay $18 million to settle allegations the company helped submit false claims to the federal Medicare and TRICARE programs and numerous state Medicaid programs by giving kickbacks to physicians and hospitals to induce the purchase and use of MMSI’s durable medical equipment devices and products. NYC attorney Timothy J. McInnis was a member of the legal team that successfully represented the whistleblower in the case, Charles J. (“CJ”) Wolf, M.D., who was the former Chief Compliance Officer of MMSI.

 

According to Dr. Wolf’s complaint and the government’s settlement agreement, for over six years MMSI paid kickbacks to physicians, medical practices, and hospitals. The payments were made indirectly under the guise of free advertising assistance, practice development, practice support, and so-called “educational” grants. All of this was intended to induce the healthcare providers to purchase and use MMSI’s products, including EmboSphere devices, which are used for uterine fibroid embolization procedures, and QuadraSphere devices, which are used for other types of embolization procedures. Among other things, MMSI used local advertising campaigns to steer patients to healthcare providers as a reward for past sales and to increase future purchases of MMSI products. Dr. Wolf and the government further alleged that MMSI disregarded numerous internal warnings, including from Dr. Wolf, that MMSI’s sales practices potentially violated the healthcare Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).

 

The lawsuit was filed in the federal court in District of New Jersey, where attorney McInnis formerly served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. The case is captioned United States ex rel. Wolf v. Merit Medical Systems, Inc., No. 2:16-cv-01855-CCC-MF (D.N.J.). Of the $18 million MMSI is paying to settle the case, $15.21 million will be go to the U.S. Treasury, and the remaining $2.79 million will go to the approximately 30 individual states that also joined the lawsuit.

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