Legal Opinion
Steven Jordan v. State of Georgia
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 23, 2016No. A15A1733PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Presiding Judge.
Eight individuals brought suit on behalf of the State of Georgia against three related pharmaceutical companies under the Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act (GFMCA), OCGA § 49-4-168 et seq. The plaintiffs alleged that the companies fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in Medicaid payments for an anti-psychotic medication that the companies improperly marketed to healthcare providers for “off-label” uses, such as to calm elderly patients with dementia and help them sleep.
The State moved to dismiss the complaint based on an earlier-filed federal False Claims Act,…
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