UNITED STATES v. MALLORY

Nos. 18-1811, 18-1812, 18-1813.

988 F.3d 730 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, and the State of North Carolina, California and Illinois, ex rel., Scarlett Lutz, Relator; Chris Reidel; Kayla Webster, Relator; Dr. Michael Mayes, Relator, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Latonya MALLORY, Defendant-Appellant, and Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc.; Singulex Inc.; Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings; BlueWave Healthcare Consultants, Inc.; Philippe J. Goix, Phd; Floyd Calhoun Dent, Iii; Robert Bradford Johnson; Berkeley Heartlab, Inc.; Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated, Defendants. United States of America, and the States of North Carolina, California and Illinois, ex rel., Scarlett Lutz, Relator; Dr. Michael Mayes, Relator; Chris Riedel; Kayla Webster, Relator, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Christina M. Dent; Lakelin Pines, LLC; Trini "D" Island, LLC, Parties-in-Interest-Defendants, and Latonya Mallory; Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc.; Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings; Philippe J. Goix, Phd; Berkeley Heartlab, Inc.; Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated; Singulex Inc.; BlueWave Healthcare Consultants, Inc.; Floyd Calhoun Dent, Iii; Robert Bradford Johnson, Defendants. United States of America, and the State of North Carolina, California and Illinois, ex rel., Scarlett Lutz; Kayla Webster; Chris Riedel; Dr. Michael Mayes, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert Bradford Johnson; Floyd Calhoun Dent, III; BlueWave Healthcare Consultants, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, Aroc Enterprises, LLC; Blue Eagle Farming, LLC; CAE Properties, LLC; War-Horse Properties, LLLP; Eagle Ray Investments, LLC; Forse Investments, LLC; Royal Blue Medical Incorporated; Cobalt Healthcare Consultants, Inc., Parties-in-Interest-Appellants, and Berkeley Heartlab, Inc.; Latonya Mallory, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: February 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Walter Wilkins , NEXSEN PRUET, LLC, Greenville, South Carolina; Beattie Ashmore , BEATTIE B. ASHMORE, PA, Greenville, South Carolina; Nekki Shutt , BURNETTE SHUTT & MCDANIEL, PA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Defendants. Benjamin M. Shultz , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Kirsten E. Small , NEXSEN PRUET, LLC, Greenville, South Carolina, for Defendants Floyd Calhoun Dent, III and Robert Bradford Johnson. Joseph P. Griffith, Jr. , JOE GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, LLC, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, for Appellant Floyd Calhoun Dent, III. M. Dawes Cooke , Christopher M. Kovach , John W. Fletcher , BARNWELL WHALEY PATTERSON & HELMS, L.L.C., Charleston, South Carolina, for Defendants Floyd Calhoun Dent, III and Robert Bradford Johnson and Parties-in-Interest Blue Eagle Farming, LLC, Eagle Ray Investments, LLC, Forse Investments, LLC, War-Horse Properties, LLLP, Royal Blue Medical, Inc., AROC Enterprises, LLC, CAE Properties, LLC, and Cobalt Healthcare Consultants, Inc. Jacqueline M. Pavlicek , BURNETTE SHUTT & MCDANIEL, PA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Parties-in-Interest Christina Dent, Lakelin Pines LLC, and Trini "D" Island, LLC. Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Charles W. Scarborough , Melissa N. Patterson , Benjamin M. Shultz , Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Sherri A. Lydon , United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wynn and Judge Floyd joined.


LaTonya Mallory, the owner of a blood testing laboratory, and the two men who led its sales operation, Floyd Calhoun Dent III and Robert Bradford Johnson (collectively, "Defendants"), appeal a jury verdict finding them liable for multiple violations of the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729. During a twelve...

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