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4435 Running of the statute of limitations on an action under Insurance Code section 1871.7 for making a false report to an insurer in connection with a claim for damages is triggered by the plaintiff's knowledge of facts that would lead the reasonable person to suspect the wrongdoing (i.e., inquiry notice); once a qui tam action under the statute is brought on a set of facts, a subsequent qui tam action on the same set of facts cannot be brought against a different defendant.CitationSTATE exrel METZ v CCC (False Evaluation) 149 CA4 402 [See: InsC 1871.7; PenC 549, 550; Peo ex rel Allstate v Weitzman 107 CA4 534, P/AT 5/03; State exrel Nee v Unumprovident 140 CA4 442, T/AT 7/06; Rothschild v Tyco 83 CA4 488, T/AT 1/00]
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