Federal Prosecutors: No New Trial Needed for Forest Park Officials

Lawyers for the Forest Park Medical Center officials convicted in February of operating a bribery and kick-back scheme have presented no evidence and made no substantive legal arguments showing that they deserve a new trial, according to federal prosecutors in Dallas.

In a 179-page brief filed this week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas systematically disputed and rejected every single claim made by four surgeons and three other hospital personnel about the unfairness of the seven-week trial earlier this year that left them convicted of multiple charges ranging from conspiracy to money laundering.