United States Eighth Circuit

Dismissal of a qui tam action against a hospital and physicians under the False Claims Act for failure to plead fraud with particularity is affirmed where plaintiff-anesthesiologist's complaint was void of a single specific instance of fraud, and there was no error in denying a motion to amend or in denying a motion to permit discovery.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/06/2006
• Published 03/06/2006

Judges

• RILEY, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Naren Chaganti, argued, Los Angeles, CA, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Wunderlich, argued, St. Louis, MO (David B. Helms and Andrew S. Buchanan, Burton H. Shostak, on the brief) for appellee.