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| | Prosecution And Defense Filed Their Arguments With California Supreme Court April 17th in Landmark Medical Case in Orange County
By Lonce LaMon - April 21, 2015
Just last Friday, April 17th 2015, both the prosecution and the defense filed their arguments with the California Supreme Court over whether or not the high court should hear the issue on the defense’s demurrers which were denied by the Superior Court judge back in January 2015.
The California Supreme Court has not so far accepted the case for review, they have merely stated they will consider it but want to hear the arguments from both sides first.
The defense in the Landmark Medical case involving 200 million dollars in workers’ compensation claims fraud in Southern California is led by Benjamin Gluck, counsel for defendant Kareem Ahmed. Ahmed is the CEO of Landmark Medical.
Shaddi Kamiabipour, left, shown here in court last September 2014, is prosecuting this case. copyright Lonce LaMon, all rights reserved
The defense is arguing the form the prosecution has used in parts of the complaint, such as having 20 victims appear in one count. After the complaint was amended the defense then argued about the increase in the number of counts. Superior Court judge Thomas Goethals denied the demurrers the defense filed. As a consequence, the defense then filed a Writ with the 4th Appellate District Court of Appeals, which denied a review, and now the issue is pending the Supreme Court’s answer of whether or not they will decide to review the lower court’s decision on the demurrers.
All other motions are still pending in Superior Court in Santa Ana and are on the calendar to be heard May 1st 2015.
This Landmark Medical case involves the illegal manufacturing and distribution of compound medications to workers’ compensation patients. Compound medications are allowed to be made unlicensed for single prescriptions. They are not tied to the fee schedule and this act to mass produce them without a license is alleged to have solely been connived for pure profit and thievery against workers’ compensation payers. There was no necessity for the workers’ compensation patients to use compound medications as opposed to regular, FDA approved medications.
Also, it is alleged by the prosecution that 25 million dollars in kick-backs were paid by Kareem Ahmed to physicians.
Journalist Lonce LaMon; lonce@adjustercom.com
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