U.S. EX REL. FALSETTI v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE

No. TCA 91-40267-WS.

915 F.Supp. 308 (1996)

UNITED STATES Of America, ex rel. Frank FALSETTI and Nancy D'Alessio, Frank Falsetti, individually, and Nancy D'Alessio, individually, Plaintiffs, v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Tallahassee Division.

January 25, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Long, U.S. Atty Special, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Joseph C. Jacobs, Tallahassee, FL, Barry Richard, Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, Tallahassee, FL, Teresa A. Ferrante, Pro Hac Vice, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, DC, for Frank Falsetti.

Charles Everett Boyd, Ervin, Varn, Jacobs, Odom and Ervin, Tallahassee, FL, Joseph C. Jacobs, Tallahassee, FL, Barry Richard, Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen and Quentel, Tallahassee, FL, Teresa A. Ferrante, Pro Hac Vice, Bradley Scott Weiss, Pro Hac Vice, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, DC, for Nancy D'Alessio.

William S. Graessle, Robert J. Winicki, Pro Hac Vice, William H. Adams, III, Pro Hac Vice, Fred Ashmore Walters, Pro Hac Vice, Mahoney, Adams & Criser, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, Don H. Lester, Don Lester, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, William W. Deem, Pro Hac Vice, Mahoney, Adams, Criser, Jacksonville, FL, for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.


ORDER

SHERRILL, United States Magistrate Judge.

This qui tam1 suit is brought by Plaintiffs on their own behalf and on behalf of the United States pursuant to the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq. Plaintiffs also bring separate actions for retaliation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3730(h). Plaintiffs allege that Defendant knowingly billed the United States for telephone access lines which it knew were...

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