CSX claims it has proven firm was behind fraud
CSX Transportation pleads in federal court that it has presented plenty of proof for a claim that asbestos lawyers from Pittsburgh pulled a fraud.
On April 6, CSX asked U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp for partial summary judgment against Robert Gilkison and the firm of Peirce, Raimond and Coulter.
The motions would bring a quick conclusion to a single sensational fraud claim within a suit alleging widespread fraud in the Peirce firm's suits against CSX.
The single claim revolves around substitution of one man's body for another in an X-ray screening session.
For CSX, Marc Williams of Huntington argued that Gilkison helped former railroad workers Ricky May and Daniel Jayne produce a false claim.
“Specifically, it is undisputed that defendant [Robert] Gilkison was aware, both before Mr. May and Mr. Jayne performed their X-ray switch and prior to Mr. May's settlement with CSX, that a fraud was occurring.”
— Marc Williams
