The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a case filed by the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority against 97 defendants involved...
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Supreme Court upholds Hurricane Katrina fraud ruling against State Farm
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that violation of a seal under which a relator's complaint has been filed does not require dismissal of the entire complaint, upholding a fraud verdict against State Farm Fire...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday reversed a lower court ruling that dismissed a suit resulting from Hurricane Katrina brought on behalf of the US against eight...
Thomas C., and Pamela McIntosh, v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, et al., US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, April 21, 2008 [dismissing claims of fraud against State Farm Insurance by a Mississippi couple who claimed...
Federal judge dismisses Hurricane Katrina fraud claim against State Farm
A federal judge on Monday dismissed claims of fraud against State Farm Insurance by a Mississippi couple who claimed that the company denied their insurance claim for damage from Hurricane Katrina based on bad...
Federal judge seeks criminal contempt charges against Katrina plaintiff lawyer
US District Judge William M. Acker Jr. of the Northern District of Alabama Friday asked federal prosecutors to charge prominent Mississippi plaintiff's attorney Richard Scruggs with criminal contempt, saying that Scruggs "willfully violated" a preliminary injunction ordering Scruggs to...
Gonzales offers more prosecutors, police to fight New Orleans crime post-Katrina
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has said that he will divert additional resources to New Orleans to address the city's high crime rates following the Hurricane Katrina disaster . The...
Fraud plagued Homeland Security employee purchase program after Katrina: GAO
A draft report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday has found that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...
Tenet Healthcare settles Medicare fraud case for $900 million
Tenet Healthcare has agreed to pay $900 million to resolve federal allegations of illegal Medicare billing practices. Tenet was charged in 2003 with violating the False Claims Act by...
FBI to probe fraud allegations in Red Cross Katrina relief efforts
The FBI has said that it will look into allegations of illegal activities connected to the distribution of millions of dollars worth of Red Cross supplies in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina . The announcement...