Clinics’, Doctor’s Objections To Denial Of Request To Disqualify Firms Overruled

Mealey's (August 27, 2019, 1:31 PM EDT) -- DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan on Aug. 26 overruled objections filed by doctors and clinics accused of submitting fraudulent bills to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. for personal injury protection (PIP) benefits to a magistrate judge’s ruling denying their request to move to disqualify two firms representing the insurer, holding that nothing in the magistrate judge’s ruling was “clearly erroneous or contrary to law” (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Elite Health Centers Inc., et al., No. 16cv13040, E.D. Mich., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144199)....