( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “and other benefits.” A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination is asking an appeals court to reverse almost $6 million in fines and penalties. [CutID: <Cuts> MONTANA-CLINIC-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 25s Title: MONTANA-CLINIC-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: and other benefits] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. ————————- VERBATIM: The […]
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Montana asbestos clinic seeks to reverse $6M in fines, penalties
( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “and other benefits.”
A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination is asking an appeals court to reverse almost $6 million in fines and penalties.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: The request comes after a jury found the clinic submitted hundreds of false claims. Asbestos-tainted vermiculite (ver MIH kyoo light) mined from a nearby mountain was shipped through Libby, Montana, by rail over decades, sickening or killing thousands of people. A jury last year said 337 cases from the Center for Asbestos Related Disease were based on false claims that made patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits.