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Third Circuit Rejects Eleventh Circuit’s “Objective Falsehood” Requirement under the False Claims Act, Rules that Clinical Medical Judgments Can be Considered “False”

Court says that disputed medical judgments present a triable issue for a jury, creating a Circuit split and paving the way for similar whistleblower claims. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a physician’s judgments and opinions can be considered “false” under the False Claims Act, rejecting the…