U.S. EX REL. SHARA AMBROSECCHIA v. PADDOCK LABS.

No. 16-1506.

855 F.3d 949 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America EX REL. Shara AMBROSECCHIA, States of CA, CO, CT, DE, District of Columbia, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, LA, MD, MS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OK, RI, TN, TX, VA and WI, Plaintiff-Appellant, State of California; State of Colorado; State of Connecticut; State of Delaware; District of Columbia; State of Georgia; State of Hawaii; State of Illinois; State of Indiana; State of Louisiana; State of Massachusetts; State of Michigan; State of Montana; State of Nevada; State of New Jersey; State of New Mexico; State of New York; State of North Carolina; State of Oklahoma; State of Rhode Island; State of Tennessee; State of Texas; State of Virginia; State of Wisconsin, Plaintiffs, v. PADDOCK LABORATORIES, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perrigo Co.; Perrigo Company, PLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Anthony L. DeWitt , of Jefferson City, MO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Robert W. Cockerham , of Saint Louis, MO., Edward D Robertson, Jr. , of Jefferson City, MO., Mary D. Winter , of Jefferson City, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was James Christopher Martin , of Pittsburgh, PA. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Colin E. Wrabley , of Pittsburgh, PA., Eric Dubelier , of Washington, DC., Katherine J. Seikaly , of Washington, DC., Richard Lee Heppner, Jr. , of Pittsburgh, PA., M. Patrick Yingling , of Pittsburgh, PA.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, GRUENDER, Circuit Judge, and GRITZNER, District Judge.


Relator Shara Ambrosecchia appeals the district court's3 dismissal of claims she brought against two pharmaceutical manufacturers under the False Claims Act ("FCA"). For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

In November 2012, Ambrosecchia filed suit on behalf of the...

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