But, according to a malpracticesuit, at least one of its doctors felt so pressured to use Medtronic products that he called for an in-house ethics consultation.
In April it asked a Massachusetts state judge to preemptively declare that the firm had adequately performed its duties, and to effectively bar Mr. McCourt from bringing a malpracticesuit.
Physicians have long argued that failure to perform a test even when the value of such a test is statistically borderline can place the Doc on the wrong side of a costly medical malpracticesuit should things go in an unexpected direction.
Last week the FDIC filed suit against Colonial Bank auditor PwC, and internal audit co-source vendor Crowe Horwath, for professional malpractice and breach of contract.