Newly unsealed court documents related to an alleged kickback scheme that Abiomed (NSDQ:ABMD) agreed to settle last week for $3 million revealed claims of retaliation against the whistleblower in the case.
The plaintiff-relator in the case, Max Bennett, accused the Danvers, Mass.-based company of firing him in retaliation for speaking out on the allegations that the company wined and dined physicians to encourage them to use its Impella heart pump, according to court documents.