Judge Denies Drobots' Motions in Fraud Case

Andrew J. Guilford, a U.S. district judge for Central California, denied motions filed by attorneys for Michael D. Drobot and his son seeking to sever into two cases a fraud complaint filed by State Compensation Insurance Fund, certify an issue for interlocutory appeal and stay further proceedings until lien disputes are resolved by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.State Fund in June filed with the federal court in Los Angeles a Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act complaint accusing Drobot and his son of using businesses they owned to fraudulently inflate charges f...