Judge Allows State Farm To File Amended Suit Over Fraudulent Billing

Mealey's (October 7, 2019, 8:12 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland on Sept. 25 denied an insurer’s motion to reconsider an earlier ruling dismissing its claims against a chiropractic clinic and chiropractors accused of submitting fraudulent bills but found that the company can file an amended complaint that satisfies the heightened pleading requirement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et al. v. Carefree Land Chiropractic LLC, et al., No. 18cv1279, D. Md., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 166448)....