Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

1995

Year Resolved

1995

Settlement Amount

$300.00

Court

Circuit Court of Missouri

Docket Number

CV 195-393CC

Lead State

MO

Participating States

MO

Defendant(s)

Poplar Bluff Physicians Group, Inc., dba Doctors Regional Medical Center, and Ben N. Till, M.D., Thomas A. Dodd, M.D., Gary W. Dausmann, M.D., Rick L. McGath, M.D., Richard Gayle, D.O., David Gayle, D.O., Mark A. Bauman, M.D., Kenneth C. Li, M.D., John P. Christy, M.D., E.T. Hansbrough, M.D., E.C. Hansbrough, M.D., Wendell Elliott, M.D., Joseph Hecker, M.D., Gilbert D. Smith, M.D., Kirby L. Turner, M.D., Michael D. Laseter, M.D., R.E. Ramirez, M.D., A.D. Madduri, M.D., Robert C. Young, M.D., N.C. Chauhan, M.D., R. Kingsley Bost, M.D., Ann L. Peick, M.D., William L. Traxel, M.D., S.D. Madduri, M.D., A.N. Reddy, M.D., Jonathan Johnson, M.D., Frederick D. Jones, M.D., dba Kneibert Clinic.

Case Description

State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendants, Poplar Bluff Physicians Group, Inc., along with several individual physicians, conspired to steer prescription drug and other ancillary medical goods and services business to themselves in order to monopolize the business. In order to resolve the dispute without further litigation, Defendants entered a consent judgment in which Defendants agreed to refrain from attempting to steer such business toward themselves at the expense of competition. Additionally, the State received monetary relief totaling $300,000.