CHO ON BEHALF OF STATES v. SURGERY PARTNERS, INC.

No. 20-14109.

30 F.4th 1035 (2022)

Sheldon CHO, MD, Relators and ON BEHALF OF the STATES of Florida, Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, Dawn Baker, Relators and on behalf of the States of Florida, Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. SURGERY PARTNERS, INC., et al., Defendants, H.I.G. Capital, LLC, H.I.G. Surgery Centers, LLC, Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: April 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Waugh Corinis , Greenberg Traurig, PA, Tampa, FL, Charles Z. Kopel , Lowey Dannenberg, PC, W Conshohocken, PA, Uriel Rabinovitz , Attorney, Peter St. Phillip, Jr. , Lowey Dannenberg, PC, White Plains, NY, Alan S. Wachs , Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, Pamela Coyle Brecht , Marc S. Raspanti , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph C. Crawford , Dean Mead , Melbourne, FL, John G. Murphy , John G. Murphy Law Office, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees.

Jeffrey J. Bushofsky , Laura G. Hoey , Ropes & Gray, LLP, Chicago, IL, Arthur Lee Bentley, III , Giovanni P. Giarratana , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Tampa, FL, Kathryn M. Roulett , Ropes & Gray, LLP, New York, NY, Christopher J. Walsh , Ropes & Gray, LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

Before Wilson, Lagoa, Circuit Judges, and Martinez, District Judge.


The False Claims Act (FCA) allows private parties, known as qui tam relators, to bring suit on behalf of the United States against persons who submitted false claims to the government. In this case, Dawn Baker and Dr. Sheldon Cho (the Relators) allege that H.I.G. Capital, LLC and H.I.G. Surgery Centers, LLC (collectively,...

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