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The Tennessee False Claims Act provides incentives for Tennessee whistleblowers reporting fraudulent activities impacting the government over a broad area. It allows filing of qui tam lawsuits in Tennessee courts by whistleblowers or relators seeking prosecution of the guilty and recovery of defrauded taxpayers’ money. One area of False Claims Act involves governmental construction fraud. A recent settlement in Tennessee resulted in $762,000 in payments for fraud.
Tennessee False Claims Act Government Contractor Fraud
A federal judge in Nashville, Tennessee has ordered that a defendant, Circle C Construction, LLC, pay $762,894.54 to the United States for Tennessee False Claims Act violations connected with a construction contract at Fort Campbell military base. Circle C is a construction contractor based in Kentucky. Our team of lawyers help whistleblowers file claims under both the Tennessee False Claims Act and the Kentucky False Claims Act.
The United States of America brings a case on behalf of a relator in a false claims act matter. Here, the United States originally intervened in the lawsuit against Circle C in 2007, after District Judge William J. Haynes entered summary judgment on both liability and damages against Circle C. Following an appeal, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the award of damages was not appropriate and that a new trial should be ordered as to damages only. Therefore, Judge Kevin H. Sharp presided over a damages trial in March 2014. On August 22, 2014, Judge Sharp announced his decision awarding $762,894.54 to the Unite States in the case. Specifically, Judge Sharp awarded $259,298.18 for the electrical portion of the affected buildings constructed by Circle C.
The allegatiuon was the Circle C submitted false payroll certifications to Fort Campbell. Circle C represented the electrical contractor wages were the prevailing wages under the Davis-Beacon Act. The Davis–Bacon Act of 1931 is a United States federal law that establishes the requirement for paying the local prevailing wages on public works projects for laborers and mechanics. It applies to “contractors and subcontractors performing on federally funded or assisted contracts in excess of $2,000 for the construction, alteration, or repair (including painting and decorating) of public buildings or public works.” The Government alleged that Circle C was not actually paying electrical subcontractor wages.
Judge Sharp tripled the damages from $259,298.18 to $762,894.54. Brian Wall is the relator who filed this case under the Tennessee False Claims Act.
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