California Court of Appeal

In suit brought under the California False Claims Act alleging defendant submitted false claims to the State regarding the marketing and sale of medical devices, including Medi-Cal reimbursement claims, grant of motion for judgment on the pleadings based on the statute of limitations is reversed where the three-year limitations period of Government Code section 12654(a) commences when the claim is discovered by the official of the state or political subdivision charged with responsibility to act in the circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/13/2007
• Published 07/13/2007

Judges

• NEEDHAM, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• O'Donnell & Associates, Pierce O'Donnell, Jack G. Cairl, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant., Paul D. Scott, Taxpayers Against Fraud, San Francisco, for Amicus Curiae for Plaintiff and Appellant., The Attorney General of California, Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, Tom Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Ames, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Larry G. Raskin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Nicklas A. Akers, Deputy Attorney General, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• McKenna Long & Aldridge, Mark R. Troy, Los Angeles, Ann G. Grimaldi, San Francisco, Eric S.C. Lindstrom, for Defendants and Respondents., Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Chamber Litigation Center, Robin S. Conrad and Amar D. Sarwal;  Fulbright & Jaworski, Peter H. Mason, Los Angeles, Jonathan S. Franklin and Caroline M. Mew, Washington, D.C., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.