3rd Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Insurer’s Fraud Suit Against Attorneys, Firm

Mealey's (September 18, 2017, 10:33 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania did not err when dismissing an insurance company’s claims that two attorneys and their law firm conspired to submit two fraudulent insurance claims for damage at a church, a Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Sept. 15, finding that the insurer’s claims were barred by judicial privilege (Church Mutual Insurance Company v. Alliance Adjustment Group, et al., No. 16-3302, 3rd Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 17864)....