Legal Opinion
Druding v. Care Alternatives, Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided September 26, 2018No. Civil Action No. 08-2126(JBS/AMD)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMANDLE, District Judge:
*671Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION...671
II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND...672
A. Background...672
1. Defendant Care Alternatives...673
2. Plaintiff-Relators...674
B. Hospice Care and the Medicare Hospice Benefit...675
C. Procedural History...676
D. The Evidence...677
1. Testimony And Documents About Defendants Allegedly Admitting Ineligible Patients...677
2. Plaintiff-Relators' Testimony Involving Allegations of Alteration...680
3. Dr. Jayes' Expert Report...681
4. Dr. Hughes' Expert Report...681
III. STANDARD OF REVIEW...681
IV. THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT...682
V. DEFENDANT'S…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lefteri Poulis and Athena Poulis, His Wife v. State Farm Fire and Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Hunt v. CromartieSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. EscobarSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Victoria Druding v. Care AlternativesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2020
- Victoria Druding v. Care AlternativesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2023
- United States ex rel. Simpson v. Bayer Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2019
- DRUDING v. CARE ALTERNATIVESDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2021
- Johnson v. Golden Gate National Senior Care, L.L.C.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2020