Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Owens v. First Kuwaiti General Trading & Contracting Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 16, 2010No. 09-1899PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Relator John Owens brought this quitam suit under the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq., against First Kuwaiti construction firm, his former employer. He alleged that the firm billed falsely for deficient work in connection with construction of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and that it retaliated against him for actions taken in furtherance of his FCA contentions. The district court granted summary judgment to defendant.
The essence of Relator’s claim is that defendant failed to live up to its contractual obligations. He produced no evidence…
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