Court Affirms Dismissal of Topical Cream Fraud Allegations

Liberty Mutual Group failed to introduce evidence to support allegations that a group of pharmacies, pharmacists and doctors created a fraudulent scheme to prescribe topical creams to injured workers in exchange for kickbacks, the Pennsylvania Superior Court said. While the trial court made errors regarding jurisdictional questions, the appellate court, in a decision handed down Tuesday, said they were inconsequential because there was no proof that doctors broke the law by using pharmacies in which they held minority interests to dispense topical pain creams they prescribed to injured worker...