( April 23, 2024, 2:34 PM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida federal magistrate judge granted in part a hospital’s motion for judgment on the pleadings regarding its defense that claims against it are barred by a settlement agreement between it and a physician claiming that he was suspended in retaliation for reporting his concerns that the hospital was submitting false claims for payment to the federal government in violation of the False Claims Act (FCA), finding that the physician’s claims for tortious interference related to purported fraud inducing him to resign were released as part of the settlement....