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Whistleblowers seek to have flood insurance suit reinstated

By Qui Tam

A group of former insurance adjusters, known as the Branch Consultants LLC, have asked a federal appeals court to reinstate their False Claims Act suit, according to a March 27, 2008 article in the Times-Picayune.

The suit, which was dismissed because of the Act's first-to-file bar, alleged that insurers have been systematically shifting the cost of hurricane damage onto the National Flood Insurance Program.

The suit that pre-dated theirs was filed by by Mississippi lawyer Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, who recently pled guilty to conspiring to bribe a judge.

Full post as published by False Claims Act - Qui Tam on March 31, 2008 (boomark / email).