Category: IMPORTANT LEGAL ACTIONS

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    There were two legal filings, recently, in the Doctor’s Data v Stephen Barrett Federal Court case.  The first filing was, as expected, Barrett’s last-ditch attempt to avoid Discovery – a Motion to Dismiss based on two allegations:  (1) that the Plaintiff failed to make a proper claim (snort), […]

Stephen Barrett, et al, filed some paperwork Monday, January 3rd, 2011 in the Doctor’s Data v Stephen Barrett Federal Court case, in essence, demanding that the Court Dismiss the case in its entirety, financially sanction the attorneys for Doctor’s Data, and Formally Declare Stephen Barrett as the “Czar/God of US Health Care…” I kid you […]

The quackbuster operation is having its woes these days.  It seems that everywhere they turn there is another fire to put out.  It couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch…  Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  This particular fire is going to cost Stephen Barrett‘s handlers over $450,000 US dollars – I’ll explain below. And, much […]

I predicted this would happen months ago in the Doctor’s Data v Stephen Barrett Federal Court case. Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  On August 25th, 2010, in an article called “Has Stephen Barrett’s “Puppet Master” Appeared? “ I said: “So, what do I think will happen now?  Instead of a “legal” Defense, they’re going to […]

I admit it.  I love telling a good story.  Give me a chance and I’ll drag out the good parts, throwing in laughs here and there.  Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  The story, of course, I’m telling today is about the Doctor’s Data v Stephen Barrett Federal Court case, which is, by far, the most important […]

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    The  Doctor’s Data v Stephen Barrett Federal Court is, by far, the most important court case involving health care in North America, for, for the first major time the group that conspires to damage emerging health care systems in favor of the status quo is, itself, under major […]

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    I monitor and provoke, sometimes openly, sometimes secretly, the discussion activity of the organization calling itself the “quackbusters.”  It is not easy, for, in a way, it is like listening in on a group of pedophiles discussing their plans for our neighborhood children.  Keep this comparison in mind. […]

  I enjoy writing about the Doctor’s Data v Barrett case.  Every time I turn around and look to see what’s happening another guffaw exits my system, for once more, seemingly out of nowhere sometimes, comes one more patent example that there is, in fact, a divine justice in the world. Opinion by Consumer Advocate […]

The US health care system is in tatters.  It is total crap, run by crooks and idiots, who on their best day, either by design, or stupidity, cannot find any solutions.  The “War on Cancer” has been running almost 39 years – and we are not even close to official answers – because the “war” […]

This case is becoming an Event to watch… Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  In mankind’s not-so-distant past we used to have public hangings of criminals.  It was a popular spectacle.  Citizens would gather from miles around for the Event – and would cheer when the executioner pulled the trap handle and the criminal dropped […]

It was three long weeks ago that Michael K. Botts, Esq. applied (Pro Hac Vice) to the Federal Court in Chicago to, supposedly, represent Stephen Barrett in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett, Federal Court case.  On August 26th we saw that Botts had been rejected by the Court but was being re-applied by Barrett’s local […]

I check my Pacer Account every few days and yesterday found four new filings in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett, Federal Court case.  After that I am even more convinced that the script writers for Saturday Night Live are designing Barrett’s Defense. Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  The four documents, all presented by Stephen […]

I think the arrival of Michael K. Botts, Esq. as Stephen Barrett’s attorney in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett, Federal lawsuit is significant. It is a flat-out desperation move.  Simply, Stephen Barrett could not afford to hire a law firm to Defend.  So someone is providing an attorney of their choice – not someone Barrett […]

I admit this move by Stephen Barrett  took me by surprise.  I actually thought this lawyer Barrett hired, to defend him in the Doctor’s Data v Stephen Barrett, et al case, Michael K. Botts, was dead. Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  More, the last case Botts handled for the quackbusters (Victor Herbert v American […]

We have to keep our eye on the Doctor’s Data v Barrett, et al, Federal case.  Something new is always happening, or at least brewing.  Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen  Here is the latest Pacer record: “SUMMONS Issued as to Defendant The National Council Against Health Fraud, Inc. (vcf, ) (Entered: 08/11/2010)”

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    Keep in mind that there are three Defendants in the Doctor’s Data v Barrett, et al Federal Court case in Northern Illinois – and all three have to lawyer up and Respond within the Court’s required time. Only Stephen Barrett, himself, as an individual, was given 60 days, […]

Opinion by Consumer Advocate  Tim Bolen    I guess Doctor’s Data wants to use a kinder, gentler approach then I do.  They gave Stephen Barrett sixty (60)  days, instead of twenty-one (21) to respond to the Federal lawsuit they filed against him.  The sixty day period started on June 29th, 2010 so Barrett’s answer is not […]