Guidant Judge Rejects 3rd Party Payor Claims Again

By Melissa Lipman ( July 2, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT) -- A federal judge has refused to reconsider a 2007 dismissal of proposed class action claims third-party health care providers brought against Guidant Corp. over its recalled implantable heart defibrillators, noting that much of the request was "an attempt to relitigate old issues. ". . .

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