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

Summary

The Illinois Supreme Court held that a bankruptcy trustee had standing to pursue a qui tam action under the Insurance Claims Fraud Prevention Act because the former employee possessed nonpublic information about alleged insurance fraud and therefore qualified as an "interested person." The court also held that the State's injury to its sovereignty from violations of its laws could be partially assigned to the relator, even without pecuniary injury to the State. The court affirmed the appellate court, reversed the circuit court's dismissal, and remanded the cause.