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The first qui tam case under the amended False Claims Act was filed in 1987 by an eye surgeon against an eye clinic and one of its doctors, alleging unnecessary surgeries and other procedures were being performed. [18] The case settled in 1988 for a total of $605,000. However, the law was primarily used in the beginning against defense contractors.
The $325 million settlement remains the largest ever paid by a defense contractor in a qui tam case. [42] Under the False Claims Act, which requires the government to award whistleblowers 15-25% of recoveries, the whistleblower Robert Ferro received $48.7 million for his participation in the case. [22]
Relator Stevens, a former employee of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, brought a qui tam civil action against the agency, alleging that the state agency had submitted false claims to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in connection with federal grant programs the EPA administered. [3]
Jones had first consulted lawyers in Washington who referred him to a scrappy plaintiffs’ law firm in Texas. That firm realized the potential qui tam value of cases claiming that the entire scheme— TMAP in Texas, PMAP in Pennsylvania—was a plot to extract millions in Medicaid “false claims” from state and federal treasuries. However ...
The False Claims Act is unique because, while the federal government is always the "real party in interest" (as the one allegedly being defrauded), the statute allows a private plaintiff (known as a "relator" under the FCA) to sue qui tam (on the government's behalf) since the relator is "partially assigned" part of the government's legal injury.
In 2002 Corapi filed a qui tam False Claims Act lawsuit against Redding Medical Center cardiologist Chae Hyun Moon after Moon informed Corapi that year that he was in immediate need of triple bypass surgery, but then told Corapi that the procedure could wait three weeks. Corapi decided to seek other medical advice; his second doctor determined ...
At the same time he continued to spread the word among trial lawyer friends, looking for referrals. Sheller still wasn’t allowed to mention the qui tam false claims suit he had filed with Vicki Starr and with another J&J whistleblower whom he had since found to join her suit as a “relator.” But beating the drums to collect other patients ...
The False Claims Act provides civil remedies for non-government workers. Qui tam is a provision under the False Claims Act that allows private individuals to sue on behalf of the government. Separate remedies are available for government workers. This False Claims Act helps to make sure claims are truthful, accurate, valid, and fair.