United States ex rel. Johnson v. Universal Health Services, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES P. JONES, District Judge.

The government has settled this False Claims Act case but cannot agree as to the proper percentage of the settlement amount to be awarded to the relators — the persons who originally filed the action and brought the alleged fraud to the government’s attention. After hearing evidence and argument of counsel, I now resolve the issue and will award twenty percent of the recovery to the relators.

I. Procedural Background.

The relators in this case, Megan L. Johnson, Leslie L. Webb, and Kimberly Stafford-Payne, are three former employees of the…