U.S. EX REL. POULTON v. ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES

No. Civ. 2:99-CV-269.

87 F.Supp.2d 351 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Thomas J. POULTON, M.D., Plaintiffs, v. ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES OF BURLINGTON, INC., Associates in Practice Management, Robert Dunn, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Fletcher Allen Provider Corp., University of Vermont, University Health Center, Inc., University of Vermont College of Medicine, Surgical Associates Foundation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Vermont.

March 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Raspanti, David M. Laigaie, Miller, Alfano & Raspanti, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Howard Bruce Klein, Law Offices of Howard Bruce Klein, Philadelphia, PA, Richard Thomas Cassidy, Hoff, Curtis, Pacht, Cassidy & Frame, P.C., Burlington, VT, for Thomas J. Poulton, M.D., United States of America ex rel., plaintiff.

Joseph Robert Perella, AUSA, Office of the United States Attorney, Burlington, VT, for United States of America, intervenor-plaintiff.

Marc B. Heath, Downs, Rachlin & Martin, PLLC, Burlington, VT, for Fletcher Allen Health Care, defendant.

Karen McAndrew, Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Burlington, VT, for Associates in Practice Management, Robert Dunn, defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

SESSIONS, District Judge.

In this qui tam case, Dr. Thomas J. Poulton, M.D. ("Dr. Poulton," "relator," "Plaintiff"), relator in the above captioned matter, moves for attorneys' fees and costs (paper 64), pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3730(d)(1). Defendant Fletcher Allen Health Care ("FAHC") opposes the motion on several grounds (paper 66), which are enumerated and addressed below. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS in part...

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