Opinion ID: 62942
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Administrative Proceedings Re-opened

Text: The administrative proceedings were re-opened in March 2002. In September 2002, Campbell, the sole shareholder of the Texas TCLs, died. That same month, the DHHS introduced into evidence an e-mail in which for the first time it admitted that the 35 m.p.h. figure was based solely on the Carrier staff's personal belief regarding travel time in Texas, rather than being based on any objective evidence. The following March, the ALJ ruled in favor of the Texas TCLs for the fourth time, awarding them $581,157.00 plus accrued interest. This time, the DHHS did not appeal. Approximately one month before the DHHS issued checks to satisfy the judgment, the Colorado TCLs were formed, purportedly to receive payment from the DHHS because the Texas TCLs had gone out of business. In December 2003, the DHHS issued two checks: The first, in the amount of $297,644.51, was made payable to Texas Clinical Laboratories & Estate of D Campbell; the second, in the amount of $324,617.24, was made payable to Texas Clinical Laboratories and Est of D P Campbell. These checks included interest of $41,104.75, which the DHHS had calculated only from the March 2003 date of the fourth decision of the ALJ.