ASCOLESE et al v. SHOEMAKER CONSTRUCTION CO. et al

  1. November 30, 2022

    3rd Circ. Revives Construction Suit To Weigh FCA Changes

    A quality control manager who says he was fired for reporting construction problems at a Philadelphia public housing project will get another chance to argue his case after the Third Circuit found the trial court failed to consider new amended standards for retaliation under the False Claims Act.

  2. April 20, 2021

    Judge Trims Defective Public Housing Construction FCA Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday left intact a whistleblower's claims accusing two construction companies of covering up and submitting false claims for allegedly defective construction work at a federally funded Philadelphia housing project, while tossing claims against the construction management company that fired him.

  3. June 13, 2019

    Whistleblower Was Just Doing His Job, Construction Co. Says

    A construction company told a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday that a former quality control manager can't claim to have been acting under the protection of federal whistleblower laws when he reported defects in a federally funded Philadelphia housing project, because doing so was part of his job.