A radiologist that has been accused of making money off of fraudulent asbestos diagnoses is now asking a judge to drop a recent civil suit filed against him. Attorneys for the company that filed the lawsuit, CSX Rail Company, allege that the X-rays provided by Dr. Ray Harron whom resides in West Virginia that were used in the case against their client were fraudulent.
Exposure to asbestos-containing materials has been known to lead to the development of a number of asbestos-related diseases. Such diseases typically have a latency period lasting twenty to fifty years which makes finding effective treatment options for the diagnosed very unlikely. Diseases that are caused by asbestos include mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis. In many cases by the time such a disease shows on diagnostic tests it is already in its advanced stages of development.
Attorney for Harron is asking for the lawsuit against his client to be dropped on the grounds that CSX is asking for an insufficient amount of compensation required to be able to file a civil suit in a federal court. According to Harron’s attorney that amount is $75,000 and he claims that it is impossible for the X-rays to have cost that amount of money for CSX.
