Court rules in favor of Drobot, hospitals in “counterfeit’’ screw cases

LOS ANGELES – (March 5, 2015) - Michael D. Drobot and Pacific Hospital of Long Beach secured a recent Superior Court ruling that threw out the inflated conspiracy claims against a group of Southern California hospitals and physicians accused of using “counterfeit’’ surgical screws on patients.   On Feb. 20, 2015, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Hon. Elihu M. Berle upheld challenges from lawyers representing five different hospitals and a number of doctors, as well as Drobot and Pacific Hospital of Long Beach.   The court lambasted plaintiffs’ counsel for asserting dozens of