TOWNSEND v. BAYER CORP.

No. 13-1468.

774 F.3d 446 (2014)

Mike TOWNSEND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BAYER CORPORATION, Defendant, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Jay Myers , argued, Pittsburgh, PA, ( Edwin L. Lowther, Jr. , Little Rock, AR, Michael A. Graziano , and Francis Joseph Nealon , Washington, DC, on the brief), for Defendantr-Appellant.

Julie DeWoody Greathouse , argued, Little Rock, AR, ( Charles A. Banks , Kimberly D. Logue , Brian D. Reddick , Joseph Hamilton Kemp , Little Rock, AR, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, BYE and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.


Mike Townsend sued Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals (Bayer) alleging Bayer wrongfully terminated him in violation of the whistleblower protection provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h). A jury awarded Townsend $321,373 in back pay, doubled to $642,746 pursuant to the FCA, and $568,000 in emotional...

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