013888P.pdf   04/09/2003  Patrick M. Hays  v.  Luverne Hoffman
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  01-3888
                          and No:  01-3891
   District of Minnesota   
   Civil case - False Claims Act. All of the false claims allegations 
   in plaintiff's complaint were based on information publicly 
   disclosed in Minnesota Department of Human Services 
   reports; plaintiff was the original source of some of the 
   publicly disclosed information, and one of his False Claims 
   Act qui tam claims was not barred by Section 3730(e)(4)(A) 
   of the act; there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's 
   verdict that defendant violated the False Claims Act by claiming 
   employee gift apples as a reimbursable Medicaid expense; court 
   reduces the number of false claims and the penalty imposed 
   under the Act from $1.6 million to $80,000.