Texas Federal Judge Strikes Expert Testimony Before COVID Order Takes Effect

Mealey's (March 18, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A Texas federal judge on March 13 excluded an expert’s opinion that a doctor accused of Medicare fraud suffers from autism in a final ruling before the criminal case was put on hold by a court order deferring jury trials because of the COVID-19 outbreak (United States v. Huan Doan Ngo, No. 4:17-cr-413, S.D. Texas, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44459)....