Girardi Will Go to North Carolina Prison Hospital for Evaluation

Tom Girardi will be sent to a hospital at a North Carolina prison in January to be evaluated by a particular specialist, whose review will help a California federal judge decide whether the convicted mass tort pioneer serves his sentence in a prison or a medical facility.

He’ll surrender to marshals on Jan. 7 and should be flown directly to the Federal Medical Center, Butner, where he shouldn’t stay longer than thirty days, Judge Josephine L. Staton said in the US District Court for the Central District of California on Friday.

Following his period in custody, the court will ...