MARVIN LIEBLEIN, INC. v. Shewry

Opinion

SIMS, J.

Plaintiff Marvin Lieblein (president and sole shareholder of Marvin Lieblein, Inc.), doing business as Family Pharmacy, submitted an application to defendant California Department of Health Services (the Department) for continued enrollment as a Medi-Cal pharmacy provider. The application, which Lieblein signed under penalty of perjury, stated that he had not incurred any discipline against his license. In fact, the State Board of Pharmacy had recently revoked his license, stayed the revocation, and imposed three years’ probation.

When the Department discovered the facts, it…