Saint Mary’s Health Network earned a big win in court after a jury awarded it half a billion dollars in its case against United Health Services.

A jury in Washoe County awarded the Prime Healthcare affiliate $510 million after it found United Health Services liable for fraud against Saint Mary’s during the COVID-19 pandemic. The verdict included punitive damages.

“This verdict affirms that the weaponization of corporate power, betrayal of physician trust, theft of proprietary information, and reckless endangerment of patients will not be tolerated,” said Saint Mary’s Health Network CEO Derrick Glum in a statement. “The verdict restores justice and allows our hospital’s mission to serve our community with compassion and dignity to endure.”

United Health Services is a healthcare managemen

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