United States Fifth Circuit

In a False Claims Act (FCA) action against a hospital and its doctors for Medicare/Medicaid fraud, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part, where Plaintiff failed to allege that Defendant-Hospital acted with fraudulent intent, but reversed in part, where an FCA action does not require pleading reliance and damages.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2009
• Published 04/08/2009

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gary T. Cornwell (argued), The Cornwell Law Firm, Beaumont, TX, Howard Lynn Nations, Houston, TX, for Grubbs., Paul Wayne Pickering, Fowler, Rodriguez & Chalos, Houston, TX, for Kanneganti., James Rowland Old, Jr. (argued), Germer Gertz, Beaumont, TX, for Groves., Mitchell A. Toups (argued), Weller, Green, Toups & Terrell, Beaumont, TX, for Bagri., Alfred Markham Faggard, Beaumont, TX, for DeSilva., David Eric Bernsen, Moore Landrey, LLP, Beaumont, TX, Ethan L. Shaw (argued), Moore Landrey, LLP, Austin, TX, for Baptist Hosp. of SE Tex.