March 01, 2005
A former Hewlett-Packard Co. employee filed a whistle blower lawsuit under the California False Claims Act, alleging that HP and its spinoff, Agilent Technologies Inc., tried to defraud customers by selling defective medical devices.
Medical devices in question include anesthesia monitors, pulse monitors, and ultrasound imaging transducers.
The San Jose Mercury News ran a February 24, 2005 story on the lawsuit.