The bell is tolling for the National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF), it’s president Robert S. Baratz, it’s vice-president de-licensed MD Stephen Barrett (quackwatch.com), and the rest of the board members. Maybe even the membership. They are in the final days in a California Appeals Court, and it doesn’t look good for them.
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen
Last year the NCAHF organization name was used, without permission of the NCAHF board, by Baratz and Barrett, to sue approximately 43 defendants, all “Alternative Medicine” practitioners, or companies. Baratz and Barrett, who were trying to generate “expert witness” fees for themselves, were claiming that “since Alternative Medicine had never been scientifically proven – it was health fraud.” They were laughed out of court, and out of California – with one exception – one California Superior Court Judge ordered a case dismissal based on California’s anti-SLAPP law. Continue reading Quackbusters in BIG Court trouble…