United States Ex Rel. DRC, Inc. v. Custer Battles, LLC

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

In this False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., case, relators allege that defendants 1 defrauded the United States by submitting false invoices and records to justify a $3 million advance payment that defendant, Custer Battles, received pursuant to a contract with the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) for work performed in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. 2 Following a jury trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of relators and defendants now seek judgment as a matter of law on various grounds, pursuant to Rule 50, Fed. R.Civ.P. Defendants’…