Publix Gets Whistleblower’s Opioid Fraud Suit Thrown Out Again

Publix Super Markets Inc. again won dismissal of whistleblower suit alleging opioid prescription fraud, but this time for good.

The whistleblower, didn’t adequately allege that the company violated the False Claims Act by billing federal health-care programs after overlooking prescription “red flags,” Judge Tom Barber of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida said in a Wednesday order to dismiss the suit with prejudice.

The court originally dismissed the suit May 13, but gave the whistleblower another chance to address flawed “shotgun pleading” in its complaint. Barber said Wednesday the whistleblower cured that defect by clarifying the ...