Legal Opinion

United States Ex Rel. Judd v. Quest Diagnostics Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 26, 2015No. 14-3156UnpublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION 1

McKEE, Circuit Judge.

Relator-Plaintiff James Judd, M.D. appeals the District Court’s order dismissing the majority of his claims under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. (“FCA”), against Defendant Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (“Quest”) due to the public disclosure bar and Rule 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. We will affirm.

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Judd is a medical doctor who has been the managing partner and chief executive officer of Hatboro Medical Associates, P.C., (“HMA”), a Pennsylvania-based group medical practice, since 1988. Quest is a large, Michigan-based diagnostic…

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