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Convicted Forest Park Surgeon Asks For New Trial

A prominent Dallas spinal surgeon convicted in the Forest Park Medical Center fraud case is seeking a new trial, citing what his lawyer called a string of harmful errors by federal prosecutors and the trial judge.

In a 56-page pleading filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Dallas, Dr. Michael Rimlawi asked that a jury’s three findings of guilt against him be vacated, and that he be granted a court hearing on his motion for a new trial.

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