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Lawyer wants court to limit dentist’s testimony
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Posted on Aug 02 2011
Dental Care Inc. and its owners have asked the federal court to exclude as evidence allegations of insurance fraud, money laundering, and other issues during the trial of a lawsuit filed against them by their former dentist.
Michael Dotts, lawyer for Dental Care Inc. and its owners, Rodney Steward and Scot Thompson, asked the U.S. District Court for the NMI to order Dr. Masha Maxim and any of her witnesses to refrain from attempting to introduce as evidence or mentioning at any time during the trial allegations of insurance fraud, money laundering, identity theft, and improper distribution of prescription pain medication.
Dotts said that Maxim raised these topics during the taking of her depositional testimony. He pointed out that Maxim showed no evidence supporting any of these topics, and that these topics are not relevant to the issues in this case.
Dotts said that Dental Care is concerned that Maxim will try to inject these topics during her trial testimony.
“If she is allowed to do so it will be highly prejudicial to Dental Care and will distract the jury from the issues they must decide,” Dotts said.
Maxim, a Canadian dentist, is suing Dental Care and its owners for terminating her and for allegedly failing to make good on their promises.
Thompson later filed a counterclaim against Maxim for allegedly assaulting him in the clinic.
