Drobot Files $50 Million Defamation Suit against 3 Law Firms

Michael D. Drobot has admitted to bribing a politician and paying kickbacks to surgeons, but he insists that he never endangered patients at his Southern California hospital. To make his point, Drobot filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit this week against three law firms over allegations that counterfeit hardware was used during procedures performed at the Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, where he was once chief executive officer. Drobot's defamation lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the Orange County Superior Court, focuses on comments made to the media by attorneys who have filed more than tw...