United States Fifth Circuit

In an action brought by insurers against defendants alleging fraud in relation to over 1800 claim files which involved claimants treated by defendants-chiropractic clinics, a jury verdict and multi-million dollar award in favor of plaintiffs is reversed as the evidence was insufficient to support either the jury verdict on fraud or the damages award.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2007
• Published 09/21/2007

Judges

• GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, DENNIS and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• P. Michael Jung (argued), Strasburger & Price, Michael E. Mears, Andrews & Kurth, Dallas, TX, for Accident & Injury Pain Centers, Inc., Charles T. Frazier, Jr. (argued), Roy Michael Northrup, Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, TX, for Receivable Finance Co. LLC, Robert Smith, Lone Star Radiology Management, LLC, White Rock Open Air MRI, LLC, North Texas Open Air MRI, LLC, Rehab 2112, LLC, Metroplex Pain Center Inc., Lacidem Management, Steven Smith & Tina Cheshire., Richard Keys Disney, Cotten Schmidt, Fort Worth, TX, for James Laughlin., Richard E. Young, Glast, Phillips & Murray, Dallas, TX, for Dee L. Martinez, M.D., Mark David Downey, Epstein, Becker, Green, Wickliff & Hall, Dallas, TX, for Marlon D. Padilla, M.D., P.A. & Marlon Padilla, M.D.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bret Weatherford (argued), David Kassabian, Kassabian, Doyle & Weatherford, P.C., Jan R. Thurman, Thurman & Andres, Arlington, TX, James L. Sowder, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, Dallas, TX, for all Plaintiffs-Appellees.