Awad v. Coffey Health System

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel ) BASHAR SEAN AWAD and ) CYNTHIA MCKERRIGAN, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) Case No. 16-2034-CM-JPO COFFEY HEALTH SYSTEM, ) ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Relators Bashar Sean Awad and Cynthia McKerrigan move for an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses incurred pursuant to prosecuting claims against defendant Coffey Health System on behalf of the United States of America under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq. (“FCA”). (Doc. 26.) I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND On January…