North Dallas doctor’s $10.7 million jury verdict overturned on appeal
The Texas 5th District Court of Appeals has overturned a $10.7 million jury verdict in a case in which a North Dallas neurologist accused a fellow physician and a business associate of intentionally deceiving him about the finances of two medical imaging centers in Plano.
The Dallas appeals court ruled that the trial judge made critical errors that unfairly and negatively affected the jury’s decision.
Dr. Erwin Cruz accused two co-investors — Dr. Michael Taba and Mehrdad Ghani — of negligence and fraud in the management and eventual dissolution of two medical facilities, including North Dallas Medical Imaging. Cruz claimed his partners kept information from him about the dire financial situation of the centers.
Members of the medical and legal communities have closely monitored the litigation because, they say, there are scores of similar business disputes pending throughout Texas that pit doctors against doctors after their jointly owned medical centers struggled financially.
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[font color=green]I don't know what to feel about this verdict. While I am a proponent for justice being duly served, the fact that the case involved multiple doctors in adversarial roles has a tinge of "what comes round, goes round" to it. However, I'm sure that the real winners are the attorneys raking in the money on both sides.[/font]
