Legal Opinion
Mendiondo v. Centinela Hospital Medical Center
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 1, 2008No. 06-55981PublishedCited by 1,203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:
Marie Bernadette Mendiondo appeals from the district court’s order dismissing her complaint. Mendiondo worked as a nurse at Centinela Hospital Medical Center (“CHMC”) and alleged that, following her complaints regarding false billing and reimbursement practices and substandard patient care, she was wrongfully terminated in violation of the Federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) (31 U.S.C. § 3730(h)), the California False Claims Act (“CFCA”) (California Government Code § 12653(b)), California Health and Safety Code § 1278.5, and the public policies embodied by these laws.
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