United States Eleventh Circuit
US v. BAXTER INT'L, INC., 01-16782
The district court erred in dismissing for failure to state a claim the government's complaint in intervention. The complaint sought to recover for medical bills the government paid on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries who received treatment related to silicone breast implants in a product liability action against manufacturers.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/15/2003
- Published 09/15/2003
Judges
- ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, ANDERSON and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Alisa B. Klein, Mark B. Stern, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Maria Jessica Colsey Heard,Peter Morgan, James Van R. Springer, Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky, LLP, Maureen E. Mahoney, Latham & Watkins, Washington, DC, Richard M. Eittreim, Jerry P. Sattin, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, William A. Krohley, New York City, Julie M. Jarrell, Michael L. Edwards, Leigh Anne Hodge, Balch & Bingham, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants-Appellees., Leslie J. Bryan, Ralph I. Knowles, Jr., Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Divine, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.