Judge: Insurer’s Requests For Business Communications Relevant To RICO Claims

Mealey's (November 13, 2020, 12:45 PM EST) -- PORT HURON, Mich. — A federal judge in Michigan on Nov. 12 granted State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.’s motion to compel defendants accused of engaging in a scheme to submit bills for medically unnecessary procedures to produce business communications that took place via email and text and certify that they have not destroyed evidence after the insurer obtained metadata from Google indicating that the defendants have produced only a small fraction of their emails....