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GONZALEZ v. FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA

Nos. 10-50413, 10-51171.

689 F.3d 470 (2012)

Rebecca GONZALEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA; Alfonso Chavez, M.D., Defendants-Appellees. Rebecca Gonzalez, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fresenius Medical Care North America; Alfonso Chavez, M.D.; Larry Ramirez; Bio-Medical Applications of Texas, Inc.; Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Stanton (argued), Law Office of Thomas E. Stanton, El Paso, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James F. Bennett (argued), Jennifer Lynn Aspinall , Megan Susan Heinsz , Dowd Bennett, L.L.P., Saint Louis, MO, James O. Darnell , El Paso, TX, Christopher Stephen Johns (argued), Johns Marrs Ellis & Hodge, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Charles Wylie Scarborough (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

Before GARZA, DENNIS and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Rebecca Gonzalez ("Relator") brought a qui tam action under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., against Defendants-Appellees Fresenius Medical Care North America, Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Bio-Medical Applications of Texas, Inc. (collectively, "Fresenius"), and Alfonso Chavez, M.D. Relator also brought retaliation claims against Fresenius and her former supervisor Larry Ramirez...

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