Khaled Ghandour excels with affirmative defenses against Dr. Uwaydah’s Second Amended Complaint. He argues truly appropriate doctrines of equitable estoppel and judicial estoppel.
Khaled Ghandour, a Lebanese businessman, who was sued by Dr. Munir Uwaydah in the year 2008, has retaliated with his Answer to a Second Amended Complaint from Uwaydah claiming the businessman owes him over $14,000,000. Munir Uwaydah set up a bench trial in Santa Monica Superior Court in February of 2009, and brought in an... Read More
Khaled Ghandour’s response to Dr. Uwaydah’s Second Amended Complaint. Ghandour answers in a powerful voice alleging egregious fraud.
The infamous Dr. Munir Uwaydah filed a Second Amended Complaint against Lebanese businessman Khaled Ghandour. In it he finally revealed the identity of the company to which he assigned the $6,000,000 Judgment from the year 2010 against Ghandour. He assigned it to Pacific Mutual, Inc. a Nevis corporation. This assignment was made and dated... Read More
Second Amended Complaint filed by Dr. Munir Uwaydah against businessman Khaled Ghandour names Pacific Mutual Inc. as the company to which the six-million-dollar judgment was assigned.
The Second Amended Complaint by Dr. Munir Uwaydah against Lebanese businessman Khaled Ghandour has now been filed. It was filed on June 5th 2026. In Stanley Mosk civil court in downtown Los Angeles on May 6th 2026, Khaled Ghandour’s demurrer against Uwaydah’s First Amended Complaint was sustained with leave to amend. It was demanded by... Read More
When defense attorneys go overboard for their clients. Part II.
Back to attorney Matthew Rifat’s potential disbarment: The Review Department of the California Bar Association’s Office of Chief Trial Counsel sent a powerful letter to the California Supreme Court recommending that Matthew be disbarred for one year, but for that disbarment to be stayed. The stay would stay if Matthew completes all the requirements of... Read More
When defense attorneys go overboard for their clients. Lawyers Benjamin Gluck and Matthew Rifat went too far.
There are defense attorneys who believe insurance carriers are always coming up with tactics they can use not to pay claims. One of them is to threaten medical providers with fraud. And lawyers who are always pro-medical-provider, who have a prejudice in thinking it’s always the insurance company who’s the bad guy, can miss it... Read More
Fraud defendant who gets his case dismissed is lucky. But when he sues the prosecutors and insurers, he isn’t grateful but vengeful.
This is the case of Hassan Fayad vs. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. et al, in U.S. District Court, of Michigan, the Southern Division. Plaintiff Hassan Fayed owned businesses providing transportation, diagnostics, testing, and therapy services. He regularly billed insurance companies for these services. He was arrested and tried for fraud and then convicted. He subsequently... Read More
An Inside Job — Fraud perpetrated from inside the insurance company. It doesn’t always happen with an outside vendor or a claimant.
There are many ways for disparate types of perpetrators to commit insurance fraud. But there’s one type that gets the least attention. Most people don’t even seem to know about it. It comes from right under an insurance company’s roof. It happens just as frequently as the other types. So, let me tell you three... Read More
Businessman Khaled Ghandour’s Demurrer sustained against Munir Uwaydah’s First Amended Complaint in Los Angeles
The Demurrer filed by Lebanese businessman Khaled Ghandour against Dr. Munir Uwaydah’s First Amended Complaint was sustained with leave to amend. The ruling took place on Wednesday, May 6th 2026 in room 732, the court room of Judge Richard Kemalyan, at Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. This is a small court room on... Read More
