Legal Matters Settlement finalized in AOA class action lawsuit The window for appeal has closed, ending the case with a settlement reached in July. Jan. 15, 2019Tuesday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email A New Jersey federal court judge has finalized the settlement agreement in the class action suit against AOA brought by four of its members. The settlement limits AOA’s actual costs to $2,617,000, which will be paid by its insurance carrier. That amount covers the fees and costs of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, Philadelphia-based Duane Morris, LLP. Under the terms of the settlement, the four original plaintiffs—Albert Talone, DO, Craig Wax, DO, Richard Renza, DO, and Roy Stoller, DO—will each receive $15,000 to be paid from Duane Morris’s fees. There is no other monetary settlement in the case. The Board of Trustees approved the settlement agreement in July. For further reading: AOA settles class-action lawsuit More in Newsbriefs AOA’s research grants workshop will guide applicants through funding process The Nov. 14 workshop will cover important topics such as RFA/NOFOs and available funding amounts. For the first time, a DO is president-elect of the Mississippi State Medical Association Katherine Pannel, DO, MSMA’s new president-elect, seeks to advance mental health advocacy and physician autonomy. Previous articleNumber of DOs has more than tripled since 1990, new report finds Next articleWebinar to help doctors better understand contracts
AOA’s research grants workshop will guide applicants through funding process The Nov. 14 workshop will cover important topics such as RFA/NOFOs and available funding amounts.
For the first time, a DO is president-elect of the Mississippi State Medical Association Katherine Pannel, DO, MSMA’s new president-elect, seeks to advance mental health advocacy and physician autonomy.