Judge Trims RICO Claims From Insurers’ Fraud Suit, Finds No Enterprise

Mealey's (September 11, 2017, 12:09 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge in Minnesota on Sept. 7 dismissed with prejudice claims asserted by four insurance companies that two chiropractors, their firms and individuals who allegedly recruited patients for the doctors violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, finding that the companies’ allegations failed to show the existence of an enterprise (Illinois Farmers Insurance Company, et al. v. Timothy W. Guthman, et al., No. 17-270, D. Minn., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144866)....