Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. v. Watson v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 16, 2004No. 03-1639PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Michael Watson filed this qui tam action against appellees Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (“CGLIC”) claiming that CGLIC violated the False Claims Act (“FCA” or “the Act”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-30, by artificially increasing the number of claims CGLIC processed, and as a result, causing the government to compensate CGLIC for the inflated number of claims. Watson also claimed that CGLIC wrongfully terminated Watson’s work contract in retaliation *259for having reported CGLIC’s alleged misconduct. The District Court granted CGLIC’s…
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