Ziebell v. Fox Valley Workforce Dev. Bd., Inc.

Plaintiff was fired from her employment with the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc., a state job-training agency serving central Wisconsin with funding from the federal government. Approximately two years later, Plaintiff filed a qui tam action alleging that the Board violated the False Claims Act by improperly contracting services through a subsidiary corporation. Plaintiff also alleged that the Board fired her in retaliation for engaging in activity protected by the Act. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of the Board, concluding that Plaintiff’s claims lacked factual support. Plaintiff appealed. The Seventh Circuit (1) dismissed the qui tam claim for lack of jurisdiction, holding that the qui tam action was based on publicly disclosed information and was therefore barred by the Act; and (2) affirmed the judgment in all other respects, holding that Plaintiff’s retaliation claim failed on the merits. View "Ziebell v. Fox Valley Workforce Dev. Bd., Inc." on Justia Law