Judge Refuses To Sever Claims Against Clinic Owners And Laboratory Owners

(February 6, 2017, 8:43 AM EST) -- FRANKFORT, Ky. — A federal judge in Kentucky on Jan. 30 refused to sever claims brought by the federal government against two physicians who were owners of an addiction clinic as well as partial owners of a laboratory that conducted urine drug tests that were fraudulently billed to public and private insurers, ruling that all of the defendants were associated with one another in their scheme (United States of America v. Brian C. Walters, et al., No. 15-cr-14-GVFT-REW, E.D. Ky., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12294)....