After opening statements on Wednesday, November 17th, the prosecution called its first witness: veteran investigator Gordon Oard of Berkshire Hathaway. Witness Gordon Oard: I’m an investigator. Gordon has been investigating workers’ compensation claims fraud in Southern California for over a decade. He is often called upon to testify. He has short, fair hair and is... Read More
Opening Statements Finally Happen in Sim Hoffman, M.D. Workers’ Compensation Billing Fraud Case
There was electric energy in court room C-45 after enormous energy was expended picking a jury. Finally a jury was together. It was a relief. So, prosecutor Vincent Marinaccio began with his opening statement. Vincent Marinaccio: Good morning. He spoke of how over the coming weeks through the evidence, the case would be laid out. ... Read More
Two More Jurors Claim Hardship As Sim Hoffman, M.D. Workers’ Compensation Billing Fraud Trial Is Ready To Go In Orange County. Trial Delays Another Day.
Court opened Tuesday, November 16th, at approximately 9:15 am in Orange County with another shock in the Sim Hoffman, M.D. trial. Judge Richard King immediately announced that two of the jurors from the newly assembled jury had suddenly declared hardship issues. They both called the court. Again! Where will it end? Judge King: I may... Read More
Jury Selected In Sim Hoffman, M.D. Workers’ Compensation Claims Fraud Trial In Orange County. Opening Statements Now Set For Tuesday, November 16th.
Court opened for the trial of Sim Hoffman, M.D. on the 11th floor in court room C-45 of the honorable Richard King at around 9:15 am on Tuesday, November 9th. Right away the judge announced there were potential jurors who called in with symptoms of COVID-19. This writer was stunned that here again, for the... Read More
Trial Opens Up Once Again With A Third Panel of Jurors for Sim Hoffman, M.D. in Orange County Superior Court. Workers’ compensation billing fraud case trying to get trial underway after more than a decade of prosecution.
Court room C-45 opened on Monday, November 8th, in Orange County Superior Court just after 9 am for the start of jury selection for the third time in the Sim Hoffman, M.D. trial. This trial has finally come to be after more than 10 years of prosecution against Hoffman for workers’ compensation billing fraud. The... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. exits Orange County Superior Court as he looks at his cell phone. 2019. Photo by Lonce Lamonte, all rights reserved.
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial for Workers’ Compensation Claims Fraud to Resume on Monday in Orange County. Second Panel of Potential Jurors Dismissed Over COVID Scare.
It’s a little after 1:45 in the afternoon on Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 in court room C-45 on the eleventh floor in the Santa Ana Superior Court. It’s the first few days of the Sim Hoffman, M.D. workers’ compensation claims fraud trial. The new panel of jurors is being called in. This morning the previous... Read More
Jury Selection Gets Well Underway In Sim Hoffman, M.D. Work Comp Claims Fraud Trial in Orange County. Then A Positive COVID Test Exposure Hit a Prospective Juror.
The doors opened after 9:15 am for court room C-45 on the 11th floor of Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana this day of Tuesday, November 2nd 2021. 80 potential jurors filed in, all wearing masks, and made their way between the fine wooden walls containing blue tweed cushioned seats, arranged in rows with... Read More
Trial Preparation Takes Place In Court To Set Guidelines For What Jury Can Hear in Sim Hoffman, M.D. Workers’ Compensation Claims Fraud Trial in Orange County.
Trial preparation took place all day yesterday, November 1st 2021, for Sim Hoffman, M.D. on charges that date back more than 10 years for workers’ compensation billing fraud. The proceedings took place in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana in court room C-45 of the honorable Richard King. Vince Marinaccio represented the prosecution and... Read More
