CopyCited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...led by
respondent Zoltan Barati. For the reasons that follow, the petition for a writ of
prohibition is denied as premature.
In September 2009, Barati filed a qui tam action against Motorola, Inc.,
pursuant to the Florida False Claims Act, section 68.081 et seq., Florida Statutes.
Barati alleged that Motorola had contracted with the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement (FDLE) to produce a fingerprint identification system and, according
to the complaint, Motorola was unable to produce a system satisfying all of the
requirements of the contract....
CopyCited 8 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal
...3d 810, 811-12 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014),
which did not reach the merits of the question presented here, the following history
is useful:
In September 2009, Barati filed a qui tam action against Motorola,
Inc., pursuant to the Florida False Claims Act, section 68.081 et seq.,
Florida Statutes....
CopyCited 3 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 3206, 2011 WL 831152
...The contract authorizes DHL to impose surcharges at fixed rates when the price of fuel rises above an established base price. New York residents Kevin Grupp and Robert Moll brought the circuit court suit in question under the Florida False Claims Act, sections
68.081 through
68.09, Florida Statutes....
...the agreement,” see *429 Wolens,
513 U.S. at 283 ,
115 S.Ct. 817 , respondents’ qui tarn suit is based on a state law whose purpose is to “deter persons from knowingly causing ... state government to pay claims that are false or fraudulent.” §
68.081(2), Fla....
...ent. Although the State of Florida was a market participant when it contracted with DHL, it acts as a regulator in authorizing suits under the False Claims Act which, as noted above, serve to deter future behaviors on the part of the defendants. See § 68.081(2), Fla....
CopyPublished | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 6097312, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 18520
...First, the Legislature added the “sole means by which any person may seek or obtain any moneys” portion in 2002 — some eight years after the enactment of the more general FFCA. Compare §
213.30(3), Fla. Stat., and Ch. 2002-218, § 37, Laws of Fla., with §
68.081, Fla....
...This determination is dispositive, making it unnecessary to address Appellant’s remaining issues. Accordingly, the trial court’s order dismissing Appellants’ action is AFFIRMED. ROBERTS, CLARK, JJ„ and MOSELEY, MARK W., Associate Judge, concur. . As applicable here, sections 68.081-083, Florida Statutes.
CopyAgo (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2011).
Published | Florida Attorney General Reports
...s the Florida False Claims Act encompass false or fraudulent claims presented to a municipality? 1 In sum: The Florida False Claims Act does not encompass false or fraudulent claims presented to a municipality. The Florida False Claims Act, sections
68.081 -
68.09 , Florida Statutes, authorizes civil actions to be brought by individuals and the state against persons who file or conspire to file false claims for payment or approval with a state agency....
...20 Nor would the term "agency" appear to include a municipality. Accordingly, I am of the opinion that municipalities are not covered under the definition of "agency" or "state government" in section
68.082 (1), Florida Statutes, for purposes of the Florida False Claims Act, section
68.081 , et seq., Florida Statutes....
...68.083 (2), Fla. Stat., authorizing a person to bring a civil action for a violation of s.
68.082 , Fla. Stat., for the person and for the affected agency. See also s.
68.082 (3), Fla. Stat., authorizing treble damages under certain circumstances. 3 Section
68.081 , Fla....
