A Montana health clinic plagued by deadly asbestos contamination has filed for bankruptcy protection after a judge ordered it to pay almost $6 million for submitting false medical claims.
FILE - Unidentified road workers wear protective gear against possible asbestos contamination as they load material from a road resurfacing project in downtown Libby, Mont., April 28, 2011. A health clinic in the Montana town that's plagued by deadly asbestos contamination is liable for almost $6 million in penalties and damages after it submitted hundreds of false claims for government benefits.
The $6 million judgment against it came in a federal case filed by BNSF Railway under the False Claims Act, which allows private parties to sue on the government’s behalf. The clinic has denied any intentional wrongdoing and its attorneys have appealed the jury’s verdict to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Federal prosecutors previously declined to intervene in the matter, and there have been no criminal charges brought against the clinic.
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