7 results for 'cat:"Employment" AND cat:"False Claims" AND cat:"Whistleblowers"'.
J. Talwani denies an employer’s motion for summary judgment against its former employee’s retaliation claims. A reasonable jury could find the employee was fired under false pretenses, rather than placed on a performance improvement plan, as retaliation for making a False Claims Act complaint.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Talwani, Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: 1:11cv10790, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: employment, false Claims, whistleblowers
J. Leeson grants in part a company’s motion to dismiss an employee’s complaint that he was fired in retaliation for reporting that the company allowed its officers to access customers’ protected health information while outside of the United States, fraudulently classified its employees as Allentown residents to qualify for a tax credit, and laid off employees in violation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. The employee failed to state a claim under the False Claims Act.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Leeson, Filed On: November 27, 2023, Case #: 5:23cv2166, NOS: False Claims Act - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: false Claims, whistleblowers, employment Retaliation
J. Woodlock finds that a former employee was not fired for reporting fraud, as she claims. She refused to provide her former employer with specifics regarding the fraud she was claiming occurred, and she had been guilty unapproved absences.
Court: USDC Massachusetts, Judge: Woodlock, Filed On: November 13, 2023, Case #: 1:13cv11997, NOS: False Claims Act - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: employment, false Claims, whistleblowers
J. Cullen grants the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency employees' motion to dismiss. The former county executive director alleged she was fired in retaliation for reporting evidence suggesting that some farmers were submitting fraudulent applications for the forage program, which operates effectively as an insurance program for farmers to cover losses from low crop yields. Despite the availability of USDA administrative hearing and appeal procedures, the former director failed to allege that she pursued these procedures before bringing this
action.
Court: USDC Western District of Virginia, Judge: Cullen , Filed On: October 5, 2023, Case #: 4:22cv13, NOS: False Claims Act - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: false Claims, whistleblowers, employment Retaliation
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