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U.S. EX REL. FENDER v. TENET HEALTHCARE CORP.

No. 98-G-0899-S.

105 F.Supp.2d 1228 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Kathy FENDER, Plaintiff, v. TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION; Tenet Health Systems Medical, Inc.; Brookwood Health Services, Inc.; Brookwood Health Services, Inc. d/b/a Brookwood Medical Center and Alabama Medical Group, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

July 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin H. Levin, Levin Middlebrooks Mable Thomas, Mayes Mitchell & Papantonio, Pensacola, FL, for Plaintiffs.

G. Douglas Jones, James G. Gann, III, U.S. Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GUIN, District Judge.

The case presently before the court falls within the parameters of the False Claims Act [hereinafter FCA], 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., designed by Congress to "... encourage private citizens to help the executive branch deter and redress violations of federal law." Evan Carminker, The Constitutionality of Qui Tam Actions, 99 Yale L.J. 341, 344 (1989). Under the FCA, any person who knowingly submits...

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