State Farm's Suit Over Clinic's Billing Is Timely, Judge Rules

Mealey's (September 16, 2020, 1:18 PM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland on Sept. 15 denied a chiropractic clinic's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and an affiliate over the submission of allegedly fraudulent bills based on the statute of limitations, finding that the insurer sufficiently alleged that it did not discover the scheme until three years before filing suit (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Carefree Land Chiropractic, et al., No. 18-1279, D. Md., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168131)....