Legal Opinion

United States v. Peter E. Clay

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided August 11, 2016No. 14-12373PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HULL, Circuit Judge:

In this Medicaid fraud case, defendants Todd Farha, Paul Behrens, William Kale, and Peter Clay appeal their convictions on multiple grounds, including insufficient evidence, evidentiary errors, and improper jury instructions. At the time of the fraud, the defendants were all high-level executives of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (‘WellCare”) or one of its two Florida subsidiaries. Those subsidiaries were Well-Care of Florida, Inc. doing business as Staywell Health Plan of Florida (“Stay-well”) and HealthEase of Florida, Inc. (“HealthEase”).

At trial, the government proved…

2Cases cited34 opinions

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