U.S. EX REL. KREINDLER & KREINDLER v. UNITED TECH.

No. 87-CV-1626.

777 F.Supp. 195 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. KREINDLER & KREINDLER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

November 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City (David Beekman, of counsel), Washington, D.C. (Patrick Lee, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Claire M. Sylvia, Asst. Counsel, U.S. Senate, Office of Senate Legal Counsel, Robert Michael Long, Asst. Counsel, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae.

Charles Teefer, Asst. Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, DeGraff Foy Conway Holt-Harris & Mealey, Albany, N.Y. (Christopher Massaroni, of counsel), Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

McCURN, Chief Judge.

I. Introduction

The plaintiff, Kreindler & Kreindler, known as the "relator" in this type of qui tam proceeding, is a law firm which has filed fraud claims against the defendant, United Technologies Corp. ("UTC"), pursuant to the provisions of the False Claims Act, particularly 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 and 3730. The relator claims that defendant UTC concealed a design defect...

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