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132509P.pdf   08/07/2014  Lonnie Paulos  v.  Stryker Corporation
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-2509
                          and No:  13-2647
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Riley, Author, with Benton and Kelly, Circuit 
   Judges] 
   Civil Case - False Claims Act. Claim that manufacturers of pain pumps 
   violated the False Claims Act by marketing pain pumps to encourage the 
   placement directly into patients' joint spaces after orthopedic procedures 
   and causing the submission of false or fraudulent claims for payment was 
   properly dismissed, as allegations had been publicly disclosed and relator 
   was not the original source of the information.