STATE OF CALIFORNIA EX REL. SILLS v. GHARIB-DANESH

No. B312459.

88 Cal.App.5th 824 (2023)

304 Cal. Rptr. 3d 865

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. ANNA MARIA CHRISTINA SILLS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BAHAR GHARIB-DANESH et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

February 27, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Justin T. Berger , Robert B. Hutchinson , Carlos Urzua and Theresa Vitale for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Rob Bonta , Attorney General, Martin H. Goyette , Assistant Attorney General, Jacqueline Dale , Maria Ellinikos and Brendan Ruddy , Deputy Attorneys General, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Heather B. Hoesterey , Antonio A. Celaya and Michelle Perz , Department of Insurance Attorneys, for Ricardo Lara, Insurance Commissioner, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Kettellaw and David A. Kettel for Defendants and Respondents Lana Elizabeth Montes, United Health Services, Charles Michael Boyer, Na Young Eoh, Pain Free Management Company LLC, Tushar Ramnik Doshi, Anthony Danesh and Joanna Munguia.

Novian & Novian, Farhad Novian and Andrew B. Goodman for Defendant and Respondent Behnoush Zarrini.

Zhong Lun Law Firm and Leodis C. Matthews for Defendant and Respondent John Terrence.

Law Offices of Rob D. Cucher and Rob D. Cucher for Defendants and Respondents Nira Hariri and Encino Care Pharmacy, Inc.

Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, Fadi K. Rasheed and Azin G. Valafar for Defendants and Respondents Rodrigo T. Sanchez and Sanchez Chiropractic, Inc.

Green & Associates and Tracy Green for Defendants and Respondents Bahar Gharib-Danesh, Bahar Gharib-Danesh Chiropractic, Inc., Pain Relief Health Center, LLC, and Pain Free Diagnostics.


OPINION

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff and appellant Anna Maria Christina Sills brings this qui tam case on behalf of the State of California alleging defendant and respondent Bahar Gharib-Danesh, D.C., and other defendants and respondents engaged in medical insurance fraud.1 Sills asserts...

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