Able Moving & Storage Inc. and other shipping companies won dismissal of a False Claims Act suit alleging they made misrepresentations to the US government in order to win contracts with cheaper foreign flag vessels.
Whistleblower Sedona Partners LLC failed to adequately allege the companies presented a claim to the government for payment, or that they knowingly misled the government, Judge Beth Bloom of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida said in an opinion entered Monday to dismiss with prejudice.
Sedona alleged that the defendants submitted low-ball bids from 2008 to 2018 to get shipping services ...