{"id":6376,"date":"2016-12-22T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=6376"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:35:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:35:18","slug":"u-s-court-appeals-dismisses-false-claims-act-complaint-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-court-appeals-dismisses-false-claims-act-complaint-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Court of Appeals Dismisses False Claims Act Complaint Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a federal court of appeals, the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) was addressed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago regarding the specificity required in complaints. On Sept. 1, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago affirmed dismissal of the amended complaint pursuant to the particularity requirement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b).<\/p>\n<p>In this case, a nurse alleged that a number of practices at the Acacia Mental Health Clinic where she worked were not medically necessary. The allegations were that the clinic required patients to see multiple practitioners before receiving medications; required patients to undergo mandatory drug screenings at each visit; and required patients to come to the clinic in-person in order to receive a prescription or speak to a doctor. It was also alleged that the clinic misused a billing code.\u00a0 This was the only claim the Seventh Circuit permitted to go forward. In dismissing the majority of the complaint, Seventh Circuit began with a robust discussion of the importance of Rule 9(b) in screening out a baseless <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/False_Claims_Act\">False Claims Act (FCA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRule 9 requires heightened pleading standards because of the stigmatic injury that potentially results from allegations of fraud. We have observed, moreover, that fraud is frequently charged irresponsibly by people who have suffered a loss and want to find someone to blame for it. The requirement that fraud be pleaded with particularity compels the plaintiff to provide enough detail to enable the defendant to repose swiftly and effectively if the claim is groundless. It also forces the plaintiff to conduct a careful pretrial investigation and thus operates as a screen against spurious fraud claims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/u-s-court-appeals-dismisses-false-claims-act-complaint-ruling\/#more-6376\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a federal court of appeals, the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) was addressed by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago regarding the specificity required in complaints. 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