Eaton Gets Dismissal of Whistleblower’s Labor Hours Fraud Suit

Eaton Corp. PLC won dismissal of a whistleblower’s False Claims Act suit alleging improper employment practices under defense contracts, a California federal district court said.

Eaton showed that Stephen Davis’ suit should be dismissed for failing to plead sufficient facts to state a claim, and for failing to plead fraud with sufficient particularity, according to a one-page order issued by the US District Court for the Central District of California. Judge Consuelo B. Marshall is presiding over the suit.

The court rejected Eaton’s argument that the whistleblower provisions of the FCA violate Article II of the Constitution’s appointments clause, and ...