Legal Opinion

United States Ex Rel. Kinney v. Stoltz

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 5, 2003No. 02-2193PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a dismissal of a second qui tam action brought on behalf of the United States by James Kinney pursuant to the False Claims Act, 1 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733. The complaint alleged that appellees Rebecca Stoltz (Stoltz), Kelly Spratt (Spratt), Geraldine Peterson (G. Peterson), and Jennifer Peterson (J. Peterson), four Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) employees, knowingly and falsely defrauded the United States by improperly claiming all ambulance transports as medically necessary. The district court 2 dismissed Kinney’s claim, and we affirm.

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Bly-Magee v. CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
  3. United States Ex Rel. James M. Thompson v. Columbia/hca Healthcare CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  4. United States Ex Rel. Totten v. Bombardier Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
  5. Young v. City Of St. CharlesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Keshav S. Joshi v. St. Luke's Hospital, Inc. Mohammed Bashiti, United States of America, Movant BelowCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
  2. United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Yale UniversityDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2006
  3. United States Ex Rel. J. Cooper & Associates, Inc. v. Bernard Hodes Group, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2006
  4. United States Ex Rel. Oliver v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2015
  5. United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 2005

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