Legal Opinion
Mikes v. Straus
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 19, 2001No. Docket Nos. 00-6269, 00-6270PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
On this appeal we review a complaint asserting violations of the False Claims Act (Act), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. (1994), brought by a plaintiff employee against her former employers, who are health care providers. The appeal raises issues of first impression in this Circuit concerning the applicability of medical standards of care to the Act.
Congress enacted the False Claims Act after disclosure of widespread fraud during the War-Between-The-States revealed that the union government had been billed for nonexistent or worthless goods, had been charged exorbitant…
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