KNOX COUNTY EX REL. ENVIRONMENTAL TERMITE & PEST CONTROL, INC. v. Arrow Exterminators, Inc.

OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court,

in which CORNELIA A. CLARK, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, GARY R. WADE, and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

This appeal involves a claim under Tennessee’s False Claims Act. A local vendor of termite control services became suspi cious that two of its competitors had over-billed Knox County for termite control services provided to Knox County’s public schools. After confirming its suspicions by obtaining and reviewing public records and by hiring an attorney and private investigator, the vendor presented a detailed report of its findings…