Millennium Demands New Trial after $14.8M Jury Award to Ameritox

By Greg JonesWestern Bureau ChiefMillennium Laboratories Inc. is asking for a new trial after a jury ordered it to pay $2,755,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $12 million in punitive damages to competitor Ameritox for violating federal anti-kickback statutes with a program that provided physicians with free point-of-care specimen cups in exchange for referrals.For the time being, the jury verdict handed down June 16 resolves three cases dating back to 2011 that were consolidated before the U.S. District Court in Tampa, Florida, and brings to an end all litigation between the rival...