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 Applications now open for AOA’s new Physician Payment Policy Fellowship Apply for the AOA’s inaugural 18-month Physician Payment Policy Fellowship and deepen your expertise in healthcare payment systems. Applications are due Dec. 19, 2025. DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book. Previous articleNumber of DOs has more than tripled since 1990, new report finds Next articleWebinar to help doctors better understand contracts
Applications now open for AOA’s new Physician Payment Policy Fellowship Apply for the AOA’s inaugural 18-month Physician Payment Policy Fellowship and deepen your expertise in healthcare payment systems. Applications are due Dec. 19, 2025.
DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book.