Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Kietzman v. Bethany Circle of King's Daughters of Madison, Ind., Inc.
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided March 30, 2018No. 4:16–cv–00009–SEB–DMLPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Counts I and II of the complaint are qui tam claims brought by Kietzman on behalf of the United States. Count I charges presentment of false or fraudulent claims in violation of the FCA; Count II charges conspiracy to commit the same. Counts III and IV are claims filed by Kietzman personally, respectively charging wrongful and retaliatory discharge under state law and under the FCA. Bethany Circle attacks the three federal claims as insufficiently pleaded and urges us to relinquish jurisdiction over the state claim.
Standard of Decision
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a) requires "a short and…
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