“To deny a patient this treatment, if it is available, is immoral and barbaric,” wrote U.S. District Judge Robert Scola. (Photo: David Handschuh/NYLJ, ALM)
A federal judge who survived prostate cancer has stepped down from a putative class action lawsuit over a health insurance company's “immoral and barbaric” denial of a radiation treatment.
U.S. District Judge Robert Scola on Monday recused himself from Richard Cole v. United Healthcare Insurance Co. in the Southern District of Florida — a case in which prominent Miami litigator and Cole, Scott & Kissane managing partner Richard Cole is the named plaintiff.
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Zach Schlein
Zach Schlein is a writer based in Miami. Originally from Montville, New Jersey, he holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Florida and is the litigation reporter for Daily Business Review. He can be reached at his email address, [email protected]
