Article - May 29, 2008 - Monitor

Chiropractor back in court on barratry charges

By Jeremy Roebuck

EDINBURG -- The president of a chiropractic clinic chain operating locally was arraigned Thursday on conspiracy and barratry charges, state district court clerks said.

Hidalgo County prosecutors allege Michael Kent Plambeck, 52, of Dallas, hired telemarketers to solicit potential business from accident victims between 1998 and 2002.

By paying hospital workers, auto mechanics and police department employees for access to collision reports, Plambeck's employees were able to track down dozens of people involved in auto accidents whom they convinced to visit the company's clinics, according to court documents filed in the case.

Once an injury was diagnosed, patients were often referred to a personal injury attorney - Eugene X. Mercier, of Corpus Christi - who was previously convicted on similar charges.

Thursday's hearing before state District Judge Mario E. Ramirez was only the latest in a string of court appearances for Plambeck.

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