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)
June 28, 2023
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Court upholds finding that Montana clinic submitted false asbestos claims
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court determination that a Montana health clinic submitted hundreds of false asbestos claims on behalf of patients.
Asbestos clinic leaders say verdict won’t halt efforts
A federal jury’s decision that the Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby committed fraud has left clinic leadership undeterred.
Jury says Libby health clinic submitted 337 false asbestos claims
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A federal jury ruled Wednesday that a health clinic in a Montana town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure submitted 337 false asbestos claims that made patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn't have received.
BNSF accuses Libby health clinic of submitting false asbestos claims
A major U.S. railroad found liable for spreading hazardous asbestos that killed hundreds of people in a Montana town is trying to convince a federal jury that a local clinic submitted hundreds of asbestos claims for people who weren't sick, earning them lifetime government benefits and bilking taxpayer funds.