Relator Appeals Dismissal Of FCA Suit Against Publix Super Markets

( October 2, 2025, 11:04 AM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — An organization comprising two former Publix Super Markets pharmacists that alleges that the grocery chain violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by knowingly filling prescriptions for opioids XE "opioids"  and other controlled substances that it knew were improper is appealing to the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals a decision by a Florida federal judge that dismissed its second amended complaint with prejudice....