RICO case hits Insurance firm and Quacks at Quackwatch

From: LymeRayja (lymerayja_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: 9 Feb 2005 09:13:01 -0800

Lookds like a RICO case is gaining ground against the quacks at
"quackwatch" (the Big Pharma - funded site which hosts McSweegan's Lyme
disinfo pages.)
Below are some highlights. Full article at:
http://www.quackpotwatch.org/opinionpieces/quacksurv2005.htm
Lisa

"Will the "Quackbusters" Survive 2005?...

 Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

 Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

 Will the "quackbusters," survive 2005? No, they will not. And,
below are five reasons why...

The primary reason why the "quackbusters" will not survive 2005 is
the Federal Court (Cavitat v. Aetna) Racketeering (RICO) lawsuit.
Below you can read about that action.

But, even more important, when reading that reason, you'll find the
opportunity (March 5th, 2005), for YOU to, understand, get involved in
that action, or find how to start your own legal action.

Aetna, so far, has filed four separate "Motions to Dismiss" this legal
action, and each of them has failed. The trial is going forward.

Aetna, like several entities, made the mistake of relying on
information offered on "quackwatch.com" to condemn an innovative health
device. Now, they are facing a massive claim for damages.

The "quackbusters," we know, are a subversive operation started in the
United States shortly after the American Medical Association (AMA) lost
a Federal court case to the Chiropractors (Wilk v. AMA). In that case
the chiropractic profession rightly, and successfully, accused the
medical profession of attempting, through covert operation, to shut
down, or damage the chiropractors as a competitive health profession..
They won their case - and the AMA was ordered to shut down their
operation.

About six months later twenty six (26) drug companies began, and
originally funded, the current "quackbuster," operation. For several
years the "quackbusters," were successful."

"Barrett, quackwatch.com, the NCAHF, Robert Baratz, and others, have
all, recently, been named in a FEDERAL Racketeering (RICO) lawsuit in
Colorado (CAVITAT v. Aetna Insurance). Aetna has filed four separate
"Motions for Dismissal" in this case, and has been rebuffed each time.
Depositions will soon begin of quackbuster leaders."