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U.S. v. LifePATH HOSPICE, INC.

Case No. 8:10-cv-1061-T-30TGW.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF FLORIDA and NANCY CHASE, Plaintiffs, v. LIFEPATH HOSPICE, INC., GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPICE, INC., MOBILE PHYSICIAN SERVICES, P.A., CHAPTERS HEALTH, INC., CHAPTERS HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., RONALD SCHONWETTER, SAYED HUSSAIN, DIANA YATES, RICHARD M. WACKSMAN, JSA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING SERVICES, INC. and SUPERIOR RESIDENCES, INC., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division.

October 25, 2016.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 31 U.S.C. § 3729
Cause: 31 U.S.C. § 3729 False Claims Act
Nature of Suit: 375 Other Statutes: False Claims Act
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

United States of America, Plaintiff, represented by Lacy R. Harwell, Jr. , US Attorney's Office - FLM.

Nancy Chase, ex rel., Plaintiff, represented by Daniel Marino , Marino Finley, PLLC, pro hac vice, Elyse Anne MacNamara , Marino Finley PLLC, Natalie Khawam , Whistleblower Law Firm, P.L., Tillman James Finley , Marino Finley PLLC, pro hac vice, John Sebastian Vento , Trenam Kemker & Mark Kiser , Trenam Kemker.

LifePath Hospice, Inc., Defendant, represented by Adam P. Schwartz , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Gabriel L. Imperato , Broad and Cassel, Blaise Nolan Gamba , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Cathleen Bell Bremmer , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Christina Lehm , Broad and Cassel & Erin J. Hoyle , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA.

Good Shepherd Hospice, Inc., Defendant, represented by Adam P. Schwartz , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Gabriel L. Imperato , Broad and Cassel, Blaise Nolan Gamba , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Cathleen Bell Bremmer , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Christina Lehm , Broad and Cassel & Erin J. Hoyle , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA.

Mobile Physician Services, P.A., Defendant, represented by Darryl R. Richards , Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP & Margaret Knaust Kramer , Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns, LLP.

Chapters Health, Inc., Defendant, represented by Adam P. Schwartz , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Gabriel L. Imperato , Broad and Cassel, Blaise Nolan Gamba , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Cathleen Bell Bremmer , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Christina Lehm , Broad and Cassel & Erin J. Hoyle , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA.

Chapters Health System, Inc., Defendant, represented by Adam P. Schwartz , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Gabriel L. Imperato , Broad and Cassel, Blaise Nolan Gamba , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Cathleen Bell Bremmer , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Christina Lehm , Broad and Cassel & Erin J. Hoyle , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA.

M.D. Ronald Schonwetter, Defendant, represented by Jack E. Fernandez, Jr. , Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP & Nathan Michael Berman , Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP.

M.D. Sayed Hussain, Defendant, represented by Paul M. Sisco , Jung & Sisco, PA.

Diana Yates, Defendant, represented by A. Brian Albritton , Phelps Dunbar, LLP.

M.D. Richard M. Wacksman, Defendant, represented by Darryl R. Richards , Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP & Margaret Knaust Kramer , Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns, LLP.

JSA Healthcare Corporation, Defendant, represented by Andrew J. O'Connor , Ropes & Gray, LLP, pro hac vice, Brien T. O'Connor , Ropes & Gray, LLP, pro hac vice, Colleen A. Conry , Ropes & Gray, LLP, pro hac vice, David E. Rhinesmith , Ropes & Gray, LLP, pro hac vice & Mark P. Rankin , Shutts & Bowen, LLP.

Sunrise Senior Living Services, Inc., Defendant, represented by Enu A. Mainigi , Williams & Connolly, LLP, pro hac vice, Jennifer G. Wicht , Williams & Connolly, LLP, pro hac vice & Philip Matthew Luka , Trombley & Hanes, PA.

Superior Residences, Inc., Defendant, represented by Audra M. Bryant , Bush & Augspurger, PA & Lisa J. Augspurger , Bush & Augspurger, PA.

ORDER

THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Defendants' Motion for Entitlement to Attorney's Fees (Dkt. 211), and Plaintiff's Response (Dkt. 215). The Court has reviewed these filings, the record, and the applicable law and concludes, as discussed briefly below, that the motion should...

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