Litigation
Dec. 19, 2013
Orange County judge tosses 884-count fraud indictment
Court rules prosecutors failed to present exculpatory evidence to a grand jury in a $17 million fraud case against two doctors. The prosecutor plans to refile.
By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An Orange County judge has thrown out an 884-count indictment accusing two doctors and two employees of workers compensation insurance fraud schemes that cost insurers more than $17 million.
Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg last week granted defense motions to dismiss the entire case, finding that the district attorney's office had failed to present exculpatory Johnson evidence to the grand jury. P...
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