Category: Whistleblower

Eleventh Circuit Raises Res Judicata Sua Sponte To Eliminate Whistleblower Claim

In Shurick v. Boeing, the 11th Circuit held that the granting of summary judgment in a claim under the False Claims Act acted as res judicata on the plaintiff’s Florida Whistleblower Act claim.  This was even though the plaintiff filed the two lawsuits at the same time and the parties were different.  The court did […]