Asbestos clinic leaders say verdict won’t halt efforts
Dr. Brad Black with the Center for Asbestos Related Disease health clinic is shown looking at X-rays, Feb. 18, 2010, in Libby, Mont. Attorneys for the clinic denied allegations that it submitted false medical claims, earning Libby residents lifetime government medical benefits. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
A federal jury’s decision that the Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby committed fraud has left clinic leadership undeterred.
The panel of seven people ruled last week in federal court in Missoula that the clinic submitted 337 false asbestos claims that made patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits...
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