United States Ex Rel. Alderson v. Quorum Health Group, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that prior to the 1986 amendments, “the relator’s award in the ‘standard’ qui tam action was capped at ten percent of the recovery”
• explaining that while the complaint was under seal the relator was interviewed by the government multiple times, identified categories of documents for the government to subpoena, and reviewed subpoenaed documents for the government
• relator’s initial allegations and knowledge of hospital accounting practices formed the basis for a successful qui tam action and amounted to significant information
• “Only his dogged resolution, eventually supported by competent professionals and an occasionally reluctant government, resulted in the millions now available for distribution.”
• court awarded relator 24 percent share because of his “uncommon, unusual, and exemplary” contribution
• “Although equivocal and somewhat unresponsive to the particulars of this case, the DOJ guidelines, fairly applied, suggest forcefully that Alderson is entitled to a robust share of the settlement proceeds.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).