Indiana Hospital Settles FEMA Disaster Funds Contract Dispute

Indiana-based Columbus Regional Hospital settled a nearly eight-year case alleging FEMA breached a contract by improperly de-obligating disaster relief funds the hospital received after severe storms in 2008.

Columbus, which had sought nearly $10 million, and the US government filed Feb. 27 a joint stipulation of dismissal with the US Court of Federal Claims. Terms of the parties’ settlement weren’t made available. Neither counsel for Columbus nor the US Justice Department immediately responded to a request for comment.

• The court dismissed the suit in 2019, finding that it lacked jurisdiction over the claim the agency improperly disallowed costs to rebuild ...