State Farm Can Amend Suit Over Fraud Scheme, Judge Rules

(February 28, 2018, 10:23 AM EST) -- MIAMI — State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. can amend a second amended complaint to remedy deficiencies in allegations that a clinic is subject to the requirements of the Health Care Clinic Act (HCCA) for allegedly receiving payments from third parties for inflated bills it prepared for patients involved in motor vehicle accidents, a federal judge in Florida ruled Feb. 16, finding that an amendment would not be futile (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Performance Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery LLC, et al., No. 17-CV-20028-KMM, S.D. Fla., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26841)....