Legal Opinion
David Masel v. Adriana Villarreal
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 15, 2019No. 18-40499PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
*739 Adriana Villarreal and Anthony Casarez approached Dr. David Masel with a proposal: if you will set up businesses that provide intraoperative neuromonitoring procedures, we will manage them, and through our signature billing practices, we can make you a substantial profit. It did not work out that way; on the $190 million worth of services the entities allegedly provided, Villarreal and Casarez collected less than $11 million. Masel and his business partner sued, alleging Villarreal and Casarez induced them to join the enterprise with material misrepresentations and…
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