Holdings Company, Some Claims Trimmed From State Farm’s Fraudulent Billing Suit

(May 3, 2021, 4:25 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on April 20 dismissed claims brought by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. (collectively, State Farm) against a holding company that owns a medical clinic accused of illegally referring patients for medically unnecessary services and submitting bills to the insurer, finding that the complaint does not provide the company with sufficient notice of its wrongdoing, and found that State Farm failed to state claims for unjust enrichment and violation of Florida’s Patient Self-Referral Act....