Tenet Jurors Are Told to Resume Deliberations

A U.S. judge told deadlocked jurors to resume deliberations in a criminal case against Tenet Healthcare Corp., the second-largest U.S. hospital chain, over whether a company hospital paid doctors kickbacks in exchange for referrals.

U.S. District Judge James Lorenz in San Diego excused the jury’s foreman because of a death in the juror’s family. Lorenz then told the 11 remaining jurors, who said Monday that they were deadlocked, to resume deliberations.

The jurors must decide whether the Tenet unit, Alvarado Hospital, and the former hospital chief executive are guilty of one count of conspiracy and 19 counts of violating an anti-kickback law.

Shares of Tenet rose 6 cents to $10.52 on the NSYE.