Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Purcell v. MWI Corp.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 25, 2003No. Civil Action 98-2088 (RMU)PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
URBINA, District Judge.
Denying the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss
I. INTRODUCTION
This qui tam action involving pump equipment sales to Nigeria comes back before the court on the defendants’ motion to dismiss. Robert Purcell (“the relator”) brings this case pursuant to the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, against his former employer, MWI Corporation (“MWI”), a manufacturer of industrial pumps. As is its option, the government subsequently intervened, bringing suit on its own accord against MWI and its former president, J. David Eller (collectively, “the…
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