Pinnacle Medical Solutions, a Mississippi-based medical equipment company, has agreed to pay approximately $1.8 million to resolve a 2009 whistleblower lawsuit. The whistleblower lawsuit was brought by two former Pinnacle employees pursuant to the False Claims Act. The lawsuit asserted that Pinnacle defrauded government insurance groups out of money for […]
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Mississippi Medical Equipment Company Settles Whistleblower Lawsuit for $1.8 Million
Asbestos Exposure Affects Children Living Near Asbestos Mines
Researchers in Australia are reporting that children who lived in an asbestos mining town decades ago are suffering greatly increased rates of malignant mesothelioma and other cancers and health conditions in adulthood. The town is Wittenoom, in Western Australia, where crocidolite (also known as “blue asbestos”) was mined from the […]