Judge: Insurer Can Pursue Claims Over Scheme To Reduce Workers’ Comp Premiums

Mealey's (April 21, 2017, 8:15 AM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — Liberty Mutual Insurance Corp. sufficiently alleged that a roofing company and its owner could be found liable for workers’ compensation fraud and insurance fraud by submitting false information to obtain lower premiums, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled April 5 in denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss (LN Insurance Corporation, et al. v. All-Ply Roofing Co., Inc., et al., No. 14-4723, D. N.J., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53127)....