Repair Shop’s Altered Invoices Were Material Misrepresentations, Judge Says

Mealey's (April 13, 2021, 12:32 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Admittedly altered invoices from an auto repair shop that inflated replacement costs for inventory damaged by water constituted material misrepresentations that supported awarding summary judgment to an insurer on its claims for declaratory judgment and violation of the Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Act (IFA) but did not satisfy all of the elements for common-law fraud, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled April 12....