(September 7, 2017, 2:46 PM EDT) -- BEAUFORT, S.C. — Relators in a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit accusing a number of health care practices and their employees of submitting fraudulent bills for diagnostic services cannot pursue claims against a defendant company’s employee under insurance fraud statutes in California and Illinois, a federal judge in South Carolina ruled Aug. 27, ruling that the relators did not present evidence showing that any claims were submitted to private insurers in those states (United States of America, ex rel. Scarlett Lutz, et al. v. Berkeley Heartlab, Inc., et al., No. 14-cv-00230, D. S.C., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138722)....