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Litigation

Jun. 29, 2012

Planned Parenthood wins dismissal of whistle-blower suit

A conservative Christian whistle-blower suit that could have cost California Planned Parenthood affiliates as much as $600 million got tossed late Tuesday by a federal judge in Los Angeles.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A conservative Christian whistle-blower suit that could have cost California Planned Parenthood affiliates as much as $600 million got tossed late Tuesday by a federal judge in Los Angeles.


The suit, filed by a former employee backed by abortion opponents, contends that the affiliates fraudulently bilked taxpayers by marking up the cost of various birth control drugs over a 12-year period when seeking ...

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