UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel, JOYCE RILEY, Plaintiff, vs. ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL, et al., Defendants.

CIVIL ACTION NO. H-94-3996

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, HOUSTON DIVISION

200 F. Supp. 2d 673; 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6288

April 2, 2002, Decided  
April 3, 2002, Entered

OVERVIEW:  "Claim against hospital was dismissed"   (Joyce lost)

"Before the Court is the defendant's, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital ("St. Luke's") motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. n1 The plaintiff, Joyce Riley, relator for the United States, filed suit against the defendants"  alleging fraud had occurred against the best interest of the United States.

The Court dismisses this case in its entirety in 2002--Joyce Riley lost (OR DID SHE)


#2  The government filed an amicus brief standing up for Joyce:

For UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Amicus Curiae: Douglas N Letter, Peter Rolf Maier, Kathleen A Kane, US Department of Justice Civil Division - Appellate Staff, Washington, DC.  


AND . . .

ASSOCIATES OF TEXAS, P A; BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE; TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE; EDWARD K. MASSIN, DR. Defendants-Appellees.

02-20825

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

355 F.3d 370; 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 270

January 9, 2004, Filed

DISPOSITION: Reversed and remanded.  WITH THE HELP OF THE DOJ, JOYCE WINS!!!!!!!!!  WHAT A SURPRISE.  Do any of you think the DOJ is going to help you or me too?