Judge Dismisses State Farm’s Suit Accusing Chiropractors, Clinics Of Fraud

Mealey's (December 13, 2018, 11:15 AM EST) -- GREENBELT, Md.— A lawsuit filed by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. (collectively State Farm) accusing two chiropractic clinics and their doctors of submitting fraudulent claims was dismissed by a federal judge in Maryland on Dec. 11 after the judge found that the insurer’s lawsuit failed to distinguish whether the defendants were falsifying patients’ medical records or sending bills for treatment that was medically unnecessary (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et al. v. Carefree Land Chiropractic LLC, et al., No. 18-cv-1279, D. Md., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 209114)...