U.S. EX REL. SARASOLA v. AETNA LIFE INS. CO.

No. 01-14291. Non-Argument Calendar.

319 F.3d 1292 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., Valentin SARASOLA, Mario Cardoso, qui tam, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Dearing, John Patrick Marino, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P., Jacksonville, FL, John Scarola, Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Philip M. Burlington, Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and DOWD, District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In United States ex rel. Body v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, Inc., 156 F.3d 1098 (11th Cir.1998), we held that an insurance company occupying the role of "fiscal intermediary" in processing Medicare Part A claims is immune from liability, under 42 U.S.C. § 1395h(i)(3), in a qui tam suit brought under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C....

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