State Farm’s Declaratory Judgment Claim Dismissed From Fraudulent Billing Suit

(October 13, 2020, 2:57 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A federal judge in Georgia on Sept. 30 dismissed a claim for declaratory judgment brought by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. against a chiropractic clinic, its chiropractor owner and another chiropractor over an alleged fraudulent billing scheme, finding that the cause of action is unnecessary because the defendants are not threatening to file suit for any unpaid claims (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et al. v. Proactive Spine & Relief Center Inc., et al., No. 19-4866, N.D. Ga., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 188354)....