Summary Judgment Granted!

Posted on June 15, 2009 in Case Analysis

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The Federal District Court in the Southern District of Illinois granted summary judgment against a whistleblower, and in favor of the Defendant, in a case filed against an Effingham, Illinois urologist. The whistleblower alleged the doctor billed for services provided by his staff, under his supervision, when he was not... Continue Reading →

Tags: dismissal, dismissed, Effingham, False Claims Act, Illinois, qui tam, relator, southern district, summary judgment, urologist, whistleblower

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Summary Judgment Granted!

Posted on March 6, 2007 in Case Analysis

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In an interesting case, a whistleblower stipulated to the Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, in effect agreeing that the Court could dismiss his False Claims Act case against a hospital as unsupported by the facts. In U.S. ex rel. Camillo v. Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital, a case set in East... Continue Reading →

Tags: Camillo, dismissed, East St. Louis, False Claims Act, qui tam, summary judgment, whistleblower

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Supreme Court Rejects Whistleblower Appeal

Posted on January 10, 2005 in Case Analysis

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Today the United States Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of an Alabama whistleblower in a case against a hospital in Mobile. We first told you about the case when it was dismissed by the trial court. It was an unusual case to reach all the way to the... Continue Reading →

Tags: certiorari, denied, dismissed, False Claims Act, fraud with particularity, materiality, qui tam, relator, whistleblower

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Affirmed!

Posted on August 25, 2004 in Case Analysis

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In January we told you about the dismissal of a whistleblower’s lawsuit against a hospital in Mobile, Alabama. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in Atlanta, Georgia, affirmed the dismissal today, finding that the whistleblower’s claim lacked the required specificity and that his suspicions, even if proven true, would not... Continue Reading →

Tags: 11th Circuit, affirmed, alabama, Atlanta, dismissed, False Claims Act, Mobile, qui tam, relator, whistleblower

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Case Dismissed!

Posted on April 7, 2004 in Case Analysis

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On April 7, 2004, the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a whistleblower’s complaint against Catholic Health Alliance and other Defendants. The Court never even needed to consider the allegations behind the whistleblower’s lawsuit. The case against Catholic Health Alliance was dismissed because the whistleblower was not... Continue Reading →

Tags: dismissed, False Claims Act, FCA, fraud with particulariy, Gross, Northern District of Illinois, original source, public disclosure, Rule 9(b), Seventh Circuit, subject matter jurisdiction

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Dismissed!

Posted on January 28, 2004 in Case Analysis

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A lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act by a whistleblower was dismissed with prejudice by the Federal Court in Mobile, Alabama. The Court found that the whistleblower’s claims failed for two different reasons. First, he only made general allegations and could not point to a single actual claim that was improperly submitted... Continue Reading →

Tags: alabama, dismissed, False Claims Act, materiality, prejudice, qui tam, relator, whistleblower

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