Legal Opinion

United States E Rel. Phalp v. Lincare Holdings, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided May 26, 2017No. 16-10532PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COHEN, District Judge:

Plaintiffs Gerry Phalp and Matt Peoples (collectively “Relators”) brought a qui tam action pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733 (“FCA”), alleging that Defendants submitted claims to Medicare without adequate authorization from the relevant Medicare beneficiaries and claims that were the product of unsolicited telemarketing calls to Medicare beneficiaries. Relators appeal summary judgments granted to Defendants with respect to each issue.

We affirm the district court with one modification. Although the district court applied an erroneous scienter…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Leigh v. Warner Brothers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
  2. Carlos Urquilla-Diaz v. Kaplan UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
  3. United States v. R&F Properties of Lake County, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  4. Hopper v. Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
  5. Reflectone, Inc. v. Farrand Optical Company, Inc., Farrand Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989

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3Cited by51 opinions

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