The court room opened at 9 am to its blue and white cloth flecked audience seats, its short wooden swing doors leading into the court well, and its amber bankers’ lamps on the long attorneys’ table as well as on the judge’s bench. It was January 26th 2022. Court room C-45 in Orange County has... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial — Interpreter whose license was used for billing testifies he didn’t do the interpretations.
Michael Zarrabi, who set up Dr. Hoffman’s Better Sleeping medical center around 2008, testified at the preliminary hearing on September 11th and 18th 2015. He testified that he warned Dr. Hoffman that the billing amounts were too high. When asked by prosecutor Shaddi Kamiabipour how he determined what sleep tests to give the patients, he... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial – Prosecution Can’t Provide Testimony About Standard of Care.
It was January 6th 2022, Thursday, in court room C-45 of the honorable Richard King in the Santa Ana Superior Court. The blue with white flecked audience chairs were empty, the jury absent, and the lawyers alone at the table were ready to go on the legal issues in the Sim Hoffman, M.D. trial. Defense... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial: Court shuts down over sick juror and COVID 19 scare. Judge has a raspy throat. Lawyers will deal with new legal motions on Thursday.
The workers’ compensation claims fraud trial of Sim Hoffman, M.D. was about to resume in court room C-45 of the honorable Richard King in Orange County (Santa Ana) Superior Court. It was January 3, 2022, Monday. The blue and white flecked gallery seats were all still there between two aisles and the low wooden swinging... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial – 50 3D MRI Counts Dropped. Prosecution felt it was the right thing to do. But what’s left of the People’s case? The judge asks…
Again, the jury is dismissed for the day and told to return on January 3, 2022. The judge expresses his usual and customary “Enjoy your friends and family,” message and acknowledges once again their festive holiday attire. It is Thursday, December 16th 2021. The jury had appeared for work in Christmas and holiday themed shirts... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial – Judge says “This case is going to hinge on the defendant’s knowledge of these claims.”
It was an afternoon of trial proceedings for defendant Sim Hoffman, M.D. in court room C-45. It was the last day before the Christmas break, December 16th 2021. Judge Richard King now discussed with the parties outside the presence of the jurors and any witness that they needed to focus on the fact this is... Read More
Cases dismissed against Landmark CEO Kareem Ahmed, Dr. Andrew Jarminski, and pharmacist Michael Rudolf in Orange County. All charges are dropped. Landmark case has gone up in smoke for the prosecution.
The so-called “Landmark case” was heard in Orange County Superior Court, C-35, just after 9 am on Monday, April 11th 2022. A case for an incarcerated defendant was heard quickly and then, second, Judge Sheila Hanson called the Landmark case. Judge Sheila Hanson: I am confused… Judge Hanson was speaking directly to prosecutor Shaddi Kamiabipour. ... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial: Patient Delia A. leaves the stand. Nicole Sullivan from ACM then testifies.
The witness, Delia A., who was a patient at Sim Hoffman’s Better Sleeping Medical Center, returned to the witness stand after the lunch break. Today was December 16th 2021, Thursday, the last day of testimony before the holiday break lasting until January 3rd 2022. The prosecutor, Vince Marinaccio, only had one last question for the... Read More
