Legal Opinion
Michael Brandon, M.D. v. Anesthesia & Pain Management Associates, Ltd., Kumar S. Ravi, M.D., James R. Boivin, M.D., and Kathleen H. Slocum, M.D.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 18, 2002No. 00-2486PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Michael Brandon was employed as an anesthesiologist by Anesthesia & Pain Management Associates (APMA). After discovering that certain APMA doctors seemed to be falsifying the bills they submitted to Medicare, he brought his concerns to the attention of the APMA shareholders. This led in short order first to problems at work and later to his discharge. Believing that the discharge was in retaliation for his airing of the Medicare issue, Brandon filed a lawsuit claiming that the defendants had committed the Illinois tort of retaliatory discharge. A jury found in…
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