The year 2025 is already shaping up to be problematic for โThe Viewโ host Sunny Hostin and her husband Dr. Emmanuel โMannyโ Hostin thanks to a new lawsuit.
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Per court documents recently obtained by Entertainment Weekly on Wednesday, the orthopedic surgeonโwho owns Hostin Orthopaedics & Sports Medicineโis one of nearly 200 people named in a new lawsuit that was filed back in Dec. 2024. He stands accused of โknowingly providing fraudulent medical and other healthcare services including arthroscopic surgeries to Covered Persons through Hostin Orthopaedics that he purportedly performed.โ He also allegedly โfraudulently billedโ insurance company plaintiff American Transit โthrough each of those entities in exchange for kickbacks and/or other compensation which were disguised as dividends or other cash distributions.โ
American Transitโs complaint comes as a means to get a hold of New York stateโs No-Fault (or Personal Injury Protection) law, which they argue is running rampant.
Entertainment Weekly has more on the No-Fault law:
According to a government-provided description, No-Fault is โdesigned to pay promptly, regardless of who is at fault or whether there was any negligence, for economic losses (meaning medical/health expenses, lost earnings, and certain other reasonable and necessary expenses related to injuries sustained), up to $50,000 per person (โbasic No-Fault coverageโ), to the driver and all passengers injured in your car as well as any pedestrians injured by your car, because of its use or operation in New York State.โ
Per the Daily Mail, Dr. Hostinโs lawyer Daniel Thwaites has since responded to the suit and said that his client โdenies each and every allegationโ and described the filing as a โblanket, scattershot, meritless lawsuit by a near-bankrupt insurance carrier.โ Thwaites also alleged that the complaint was filed with the intent to โintimidate and harass doctors from collecting for care given to American Transit insureds and their passengers.โ
His statement continued:
โAmerican Transit has rushed into the lawsuit without ever conducting an examination of Dr. Hostin or expressing any concerns to his lawyers. The real story here is about an insurance carrier abusing the legal system to limit and restrict health care benefits to its insureds and their passengers, and write off its proper obligations.โ
Neither Dr. Hostin nor his wife, Sunny, have responded to the new suit.
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