Statute of Limitations Doesn't Allow Convicted Fraudsters to Avoid Civil Liability

A California appellate court ruled that a group of workers’ compensation fraudsters can be held to account for their actions in a civil suit filed on behalf of the state. Case: State ex rel. Sills v. Gharib-Danesh, No. B312459, 02/27/2023, published. Facts and procedural history: Anna Maria Christina Sills filed a civil whistleblower complaint against chiropractor Bahar Gharib-Danesh and 28 others in July 2012. Sills claimed she worked for Pain Free Management in Reseda, a company operated by Gharib-Danesh, for four months before being fired in February 2012 because she...