Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Colucci v. Beth Israel Medical Center
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 24, 2009No. 06 Civ. 5033(DC)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
Thomas Colucci, the relator in this False Claims Act (“FCA”) qui tam action, died in January 2008. The administrator of his estate, his widow Cleuza Colucci (“Coluc-ci”), moves for substitution as relator under Fed.R.Civ.P. 25(a). Defendants Beth Israel Medical Center (“BIMC”), Morton Hyman, Thomas Hayes, and Robert Naldi oppose the motion. For the reasons that follow, Colucci’s motion is granted and she is substituted as relator.
BACKGROUND
The relevant facts and procedural history are not in dispute.
On June 29, 2006, Thomas Colucci filed the complaint in this…
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