Magistrate Judge Finds Insurer Sufficiently Alleged Fraud Over Water Damage

Mealey's (February 7, 2019, 3:15 PM EST) -- TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — An insurance company’s complaint contains sufficient allegations to support its claim that a business policy holder fraudulently inflated losses it suffered as a result of water damage to the building it rented, a federal magistrate judge in Alabama ruled Feb. 5 in denying the insured’s motion to dismiss (Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Atlas Healthcare LLC, No. 17-cv-1310, N.D. Ala., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17875)....