United States Fourth Circuit
US ex rel. Carson v. Manor Care, Inc., 16-1035
In a qui tam suit on behalf of the U.S. and several states under the False Claims Act (FCA) and the state equivalents, claiming that plaintiff's employer, were overbilling the respective governments for medical services, the district court's dismissal of the the complaint in its entirety under the FCA's first-to-file rule is: 1) affirmed in part as to dismissal under the FCA for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; but 2) vacated in part as the portion of the judgment concerning plaintiff's retaliation and state fraud claims.
Appellate Information
- Published 2017/03/16
Judges
- AGEE
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit