U.S. EX REL. JOHNSON v. UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES

Case No. 1:07CV00054.

889 F.Supp.2d 791 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, et al., ex rel. Megan L. JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Abingdon Division.

September 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark T. Hurt , The Law Offices of Mark T. Hurt, Abingdon, VA, and Daniel R. Bieger , Copeland & Bieger, PC, Abingdon, VA, for Relators.

Rick Mountcastle and Daniel Bubar , Assistant United States Attorneys, Roanoke, VA, Brian J. McCabe , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for United States.

Megan L. Holt , Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, VA, for Commonwealth of Virginia.


OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES P. JONES, District Judge.

The government has settled this False Claims Act case but cannot agree as to the proper percentage of the settlement amount to be awarded to the relators — the persons who originally filed the action and brought the alleged fraud to the government's attention. After hearing evidence and argument of counsel, I now resolve the issue and will award twenty percent of the recovery to the relators.

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