Drobot Sr. Requests Stay in Civil Case

By Greg JonesWestern Bureau ChiefMichael D. Drobot requested proceedings in a civil fraud case brought by the California State Compensation Insurance Fund be stayed until after he is sentenced in December in a criminal case based on similar charges of inflating fees for medical devices used in spinal surgeries and paying kickbacks to doctors to perform the operations.Drobot pleaded guilty last month to one count of conspiracy and one count of paying kickbacks to doctors and others who referred workers’ compensation patients needing spinal surgeries to his Pacific Hospital of Long Be...