Judge Denies Forest Park Defendants Requests for New Trial

The doctors and hospital officials found guilty in Dallas last year of taking part in a massive insurance fraud scheme won’t be getting their convictions reversed, and they won’t be granted new trials – at least not according the judge who presided at their seven-week trial.

In two separate orders filed Monday, U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary denied post-trial motions by the convicted Forest Park Medical Center defendants for judgments of acquittal, or, in the alternative, new trials. The rulings pave the way for defense attorneys to appeal their cases to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Notices of appeal are expected to be filed within the next two weeks.