Retaliation Claim Dismissed Against DME Supplier With $24.2M In FCA Liability

(May 1, 2024, 2:10 PM EDT) -- HUNTINGTON, W.Va.  — A West Virginia federal judge on April 30 granted a durable medical equipment (DME) supplier’s motion to reconsider his ruling denying summary judgment for a retaliatory discharge claim regarding a former employee’s reporting to supervisors alleged overbilling by the supplier that settled a separate False Claims Act (FCA) suit for $24.2 million, finding that the previous order should be revised “to prevent manifest injustice.”...