Civil Litigation,
Government
May 10, 2019
Unusual False Claims Act trial wraps up with insults
A defense attorney in a False Claims Act case called the plaintiff and relator who accused his client of defrauding the U.S. government a liar during closing arguments Thursday in a federal court.
LOS ANGELES -- A defense attorney in a False Claims Act case called the plaintiff and relator who accused his client of defrauding the U.S. government a liar during closing arguments Thursday in a federal court.
"I say this with apologies to my mom: He is a liar, ladies and gentlemen," defense attorney Paul Murphy of Murphy Rosen LLP told a seven-person jury.
Murphy, who said he was breaking his m...
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