Our runners up for Litigator of the Week include King & Spalding’s Jim Boswell, Peter Strotz, Mike Paulhus and Stephanie Johnson, who secured a complete defense verdict on behalf of Prime Healthcare, a 45-hospital system, against the California Department of Insurance.
The state alleged Prime made at least 1,858 fraudulent insurance claims, and sought damages of at least $57 million, subject to trebling. But after a bench trial, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William Fahey found no evidence of fraud, ruling that the California Department of Insurance “vastly overreached in pursuing a case beyond its limited jurisdiction.”
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