PEOPLE EX REL. LINDBLOM v. SEARS BRANDS

No. 1-18-0588.

143 N.E.3d 101 (2019)

2019 IL App (1st) 180588

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois EX REL. Richard LINDBLOM and Ralph Lindblom, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SEARS BRANDS, LLC, an Illinois Corporation, and Home Depot U.S.A., INC., a Georgia Corporation, Lowe's Home Centers, LLC, a North Carolina Corporation, Best Buy Stores, L.P., a Minnesota Corporation, and Gregg Appliances, Inc., an Indiana Corporation, Defendants (Sears Brands, LLC, and Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, SECOND DIVISION.

April 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Berks , of Massey & Gail, LLP, of Chicago, for appellants.

Robert M. Andalman and Rachael Blackburn , of A&G Law LLC, and Fred O. Marcus and David S. Ruskin , of Horwood Marcus & Berk Chtrd., both of Chicago, and Jeffrey S. Bucholtz (pro hac vice), of King & Spalding LLP, of Washington, D.C., for appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 Relators-appellants, Richard Lindblom and Ralph Lindblom, brought this qui tam action on behalf of themselves and the State of Illinois under the Illinois False Claims Act (Act) (740 ILCS 175/1 et seq. (West 2014)) against defendants Sears Brands...

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