Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Estate of Cunningham v. Millennium Laboratories of California, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 12, 2013No. 12-1258PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a dismissal of a federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) complaint on grounds that it was jurisdictionally barred by the FCA’s public disclosure provision. The Appellant, the Estate of Robert Cunningham (“Relator”), 1 brought an FCA suit against Millennium Laboratories of California (“Millennium”) and John Doe physicians (collectively, “Appellees”), alleging that Millennium encouraged physicians to bill the government multiple times for single drug tests and to perform excessive, medically unnecessary original and confirmation tests.
Prior to the filing…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by26 opinions
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