March 31, 2008
A group of former insurance adjusters, known as the Branch Consultants LLC, have asked a federal appeals court to reinstate their False Claims Act suit, according to a March 27, 2008 article in the Times-Picayune.
The suit, which was dismissed because of the Act’s first-to-file bar, alleged that insurers have been systematically shifting the cost of hurricane damage onto the National Flood Insurance Program.
The suit that pre-dated theirs was filed by Mississippi lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who recently pled guilty to conspiring to bribe a judge.