Tennessee vs. HRC Medical (Compounded Fused BHRT Pellets)

The state of Tennessee against HRC Medical who compounded fused BHRT Pellets:

 

Previously reported stories on this blog are found  here, here, here, and here

The Tennessee State Attorney General's Office has extensive coverage of this case, the court filings and the court rulings.  That page as it appears today is quoted below and found here

HRC Medical Centers, Inc.; Hair Restoration Centers of Tennessee, Inc.; HRC Management Midwest, LLC; Dan E. Hale, D.O.; and Don Hale

HRC Medical Centers, Inc., Don Hale, Dan Hale, D.O., and HRC Management Midwest, among other things, allegedly withheld important information about health risks and side effects from consumers and made a series of false, deceptive, and/or unsubstantiated claims about their alternative regimen of "bio-identical" hormone replacement therapy. The State's TCPA action concerns the Defendants' advertising, sales, and contractual practices. In addition, the State is seeking to have a third-party take full legal control of HRC Medical Centers, Inc. and to have a court dissolve the company.

Status Update:

The Court issued the receivership order and temporary injunction order on December 27, 2012.

Through filings that added Dixie Hale, individually and doing business as Southern Belle Consulting, LLC, Bonnie Hale, Michael Montemurro, doing business as MadMac Consulting, LLC, Bella Vita Medical Centers, LLC, Midwest Restorative Health, LLC, Legacy Medical Centers, LLC, BioLifeCycle Medical Centers, LLC, Dana Helton, in her capacity as trustee for the Cardinal Revocable Trust, HRC Management, LLC, and HRC Medical Centers Holdings, LLC, as defendants, the State obtained a TRO with Asset Freezes and Order Appointing Pendente Lite Receiver over all of the defendants. A hearing on the State's Motion for Temporary Injunction with Asset Freezes and Order Appointing Pendente Lite Receiver was heard May 24, 2013 and resulted in Don Hale and Dan Hale's personal assets being frozen and placed into receivership. The State also obtained a temporary injunction with asset freezes and appointment of a receiver over Dixie Hale and Bonnie Hale in an order dated August 20, 2013.

Press Releases

• State Obtains Temporary Restraining Order to Halt Certain Business Practices of HRC Medical Centers, Inc. Related to "Bio-identical" Hormone Replacement Therapy (#12-22, October 8, 2012)
• Media Advisory: HRC Medical Hearing Continued Until Nov. 15-16 (#12-24, October 18, 2012)
• State Obtains Temporary Order Placing HRC Medical Centers, Inc. under Control of Court-Appointed Third Party (#12-35, December 28, 2012)
• Court Freezes HRC Medical's Owners' Wives' Assets and Places them under Control of Receiver: Ruling Follows Entry of Three Agreements in which Settling Parties Agree Never to Sell Hormone Replacement Therapy in Tennessee Again (#13-21, August 22, 2013)

State Court Filings in HRC Medical Centers

• First Amended Complaint for Temporary and Permanent Injunction, Judicial Corporate Dissolution, and Other Relief (April 15, 2013)
• Ex Parte Statutory Temporary Restraining Order (October 10, 2012)
• Order Sealing Limited Parts of the Record (October 10, 2012)
• Order Appointing Pendente Lite Receiver over HRC Medical Centers, Inc. (December 27, 2012)
• Statutory Temporary Injunction (December 27, 2012)
• Order Resetting Hearing on the State's Motion for Statutory Temporary Injunction with Asset Freezes and Order Appointing Pendente Lite Receiver to May 24, 2013, at 12:00 P.M. CT (April 26, 2013)
• Ex Parte Statutory Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freezes and Order Appointing Pendente Lite Receiver – part 1 – part 2 (April 26, 2013)
• Agreed Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction Regarding BioLifeCycle Medical Centers, LLC, and Legacy Medical Centers, LLC (July 18, 2013)
• Agreed Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction Regarding Michael Montemurro (July 30, 2013)
• Temporary Injunction with Asset Freezes and Order Appointing Pendente Lite Receiver as to Defendants Dixie Hale, individually and d/b/a Southern Belle Consulting, LLC, and Bonnie Hale (August 20, 2013)

 

This list includes only significant filings and is not intended to be a complete record of the matter.