Slav Ligai v. ESCO Technologies, Inc., et a

PER CURIAM: *

In their complaint before the district court, plaintiffs Slav and Tatiana Ligai claimed, in essence, that defendant ETS-Lindgren, L.P. — their former employer— and its parent company, ESCO Technologies, Inc., violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by (1) submitting false claims to the federal government for payment; and (2) firing them in retaliation for Slav Ligai’s internal reports of those false claims. See 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729(a)(l)(A)-(B), 3730(h). The district court dismissed the complaint under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 9(b), and the Ligáis appealed.

After…