Judge Refuses To Reconsider Ruling Allowing Counterclaims Against State Farm

Mealey's (June 10, 2016, 9:53 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan on June 8 denied State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.’s motion to reconsider her Feb. 23 order denying the insurer’s motion to dismiss a medical group’s counterclaims for fraud, civil conspiracy and violation of the Michigan Unfair Trade Practices Act (MUTPA), holding that the recent decision in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Louis Radden, D.O., et al., (2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20717 [E.D. Mich.]) did not constitute an intervening authority (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Universal Rehab Services Inc., et al., No. 15-10999, E.D. Mich.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74495)....