TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On May 20, 2009, United States District Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington dismissed, with prejudice, the lawsuit styled United States of America ex rel., Greg Westfall and Suzanne Westfall vs. Axiom Worldwide, Inc., Axiom Worldwide, LLC, James J. Gibson, Jr., Nicholas Exarhos, Timothy Exarhos, Peer Review Network, Inc., Case No. 8:06–CV–571–T–33TBM. The lawsuit, filed by Greg and Suzanne Westfall on behalf of the United States under the federal False Claims Act, had been pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, since 2006. Lawsuits filed under the False Claims Act are commonly referred to as “qui tam” suits.
