People Ex Rel. Allstate Insurance v. Weitzman

Opinion

TURNER, P. J.

I. Introduction

This is a qui tam action. A qui tam action has been defined as follows, “An action brought under a statute that allows a private person to sue for a penalty, part of which the government or some specified public institution will receive.” (Black's Law Dict. (7th ed. 1999) p. 1262, col. 1; U.S. v. Kitsap Physicians Service (9th Cir. 2002) 314 F.3d 995, 997, fn. 1.) The term “qui tam” comes from the Latin expression “qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur,” which means, “ ‘who pursues this action on our Lord the King’s behalf as well as…