State ex rel. Leibowitz v. Family Vision Care, LLC

Summary

The Illinois Supreme Court held that a bankruptcy-estate trustee had standing to pursue a qui tam action under the Insurance Claims Fraud Prevention Act because the former employee relator possessed nonpublic information about alleged insurance fraud, even without a personal injury or legal claim. The court also held that the State's injury to its sovereignty from violations of its laws was assignable to the relator and that the Act's enforcement provisions did not unconstitutionally intrude on the attorney general's authority. The court affirmed the appellate court, reversed the circuit court, and remanded.