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WARREN — A doctor who now practices in Boardman has filed a civil suit against the Steward Medical Group claiming the practice was illegally paying him to make referrals to other physicians in its group.
The suit filed March 4 on behalf of Dr. Adil Jaffer of Canfield seeks relief to “fully, fairly and justly” compensate him for his losses from his firing from the practice. It calls for punitive and compensatory damages, as well as front and back pay and any attorney fees incurred by the doctor.
Steward, based in Boston, Mass., is part of Steward Health Care, which owns Trumbull Regional Medical Center as well as other medical practices in the Mahoning Valley. An email was sent out to Steward’s corporate office seeking comment about the lawsuit, but it was not answered.
Alexa Polinsky, spokesman for Trumbull Regional, said she just heard about the lawsuit on Friday afternoon and had not read it so she had no comment.
The case has been assigned to Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Andrew D. Logan and copies of the lawsuit were delivered to the defendant, according to a March 5 docket entry.