Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne, LLC has represented many individuals who have been demoted or terminated from employment after making a report of wrongdoing or waste to an employers receiving government funds, or to a governmental agency. Under the law, employers cannot retaliate against “whistleblowers” who make these good faith reports.
For example, the firm is currently representing an Emergency Room doctor who was fired from his position at a West Penn hospital after notifying his supervisors of several instances where patient safety was compromised. This case has received attention in both the national and local press. See “Doctor Says Hospital Fired Him In Retaliation,” American Medical News (June 27, 2005); “Whistleblower or Troublemaker?” Pittsburgh Tribune Review (May 13, 2005); “Hospital Discharge,” Pittsburgh City Paper (August 10, 2005).
We also represent employees of publicly traded companies who challenge adverse actions taken against them for making complaints, or providing information to investigators. Such retaliation is now prohibited under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
The firm also handles False Claims Act (Qui Tam) cases, which permit persons with evidence of corporate fraud against the federal or state government to file suit on behalf of the government. These cases may involve false billing, kickbacks, or manage care fraud. Under such cases, the whistleblower may be entitled to retain a percentage of the money recovered by the government against the corporate wrongdoer.
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