washington u.s. supreme court tuesday struggle question federal contractors sue defraud government case involve 19-year-old massachusetts woman suffer fatal 2009 seizure mental health facility parent yarushka rivera claim universal health service inc own facility provide gravely inadequate treatment use unsupervised unqualified personnel lawsuit say king prussia pennsylvania-based universal health service one nation large hospital operators defraud government receive federal medicaid fund provide treatment low-income people fail comply necessary requirements rivera die october 2009 seizure treat mental health center lawrence massachusetts julio escobar wife carmen correa file suit universal health service u.s. district court boston 2011. say receive information 20 treatment providers lawrence facility include nurse prescribe medication rivera properly license supervise require state law federal regulations parent sue false claim act allow individuals make claim federal government defraud one-hour oral argument liberal justices sonia sotomayor elena kagan signal support parent fraud claim sotomayor say bill service carry full like government contractor provide military gun shoot kagan similarly question whether claim universal health service different failure federal contractor provide military boot wear food eat conservative chief justice john roberts appear hostile fraud claim say company necessarily liable fraud follow every procedure cause concern course thousands page regulations medicaid medicare program roberts say medicare provide healthcare assistance elderly federal judge dismiss lawsuit 2014. boston-based 1st u.s. circuit court appeal reinstate march 2015. universal health service appeal ask supreme court resolve kind lawsuits bring false claim act business group include u.s. chamber commerce file brief back company say fraud claim allow involve specific violations term contract government violations regulations u.s. justices weigh federal fraud claim woman 's death