(June 18, 2019, 1:38 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appeals panel on June 17 affirmed a jury’s decision to order two women to pay $6.3 million for violating California Penal Code Section 550 when creating sham law firms to submit fraudulent claims to Allstate Insurance Co., finding that the trial court judge did not abuse his discretion when denying one defendant’s ex parte motion for a stay and that the defendants’ submission of claims from sham firms violated the statute (People, ex rel. Allstate Insurance Company, et al. v. Christine Suh, et al., No. B280293, Calif. App., 2nd Dist., 7th Div., 2019 Cal. Unpub. LEXIS 4058)....