Posts tagged fraud

• Autauga County physician awarded $1M in Cemetery Dispute

  Tedford Taylor | May 01, 2007 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An Autauga County jury awarded Dr. Gene Parker more than $1 million against a cemetery for fraud and breach of contract. Parker bought an "estate plot" from the cemetery's former owners which included landscaping, concrete walkways and a large family marker. The current owners redrew the plots, reducing their size so as no not to include space for the aformentioned amenities. Additionally, they...

• Supreme Court to look at $30 million verdict against UA

  Tedford Taylor | May 01, 2007 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Attorneys for former University of Alabama recruiting coordinator Ronnie Contrell will ask the Alabama Supreme Court to uphold a $30 million Tuscaloosa County jury verdict which was set aside. Cottrell filed a defamation suit against the NCAA and several other parties, including Tom Culpepper, in December of 2002. Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Steve Wilson dismissed the NCAA as defendants,...

• Illegal Drug Sales and Insurance Fraud

  Christina Cole | March 03, 2007 10:41 PM | 0 CommentsHuntsville, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In a growing investigation into alleged illegal drug sales and insurance fraud, more arrests are to come. Detectives said a local pharmacy sold human growth hormones and steroids. The buyers include some big name professional athletes.Investigators are working together in Alabama, Florida, New York and Texas. Just one day after the owners of Signature Compounding Pharmacy were arrested,...