Judge:  Insurer Fails To State Claims Against Billing Company Over Alleged Scheme

Mealey's (February 16, 2021, 10:46 AM EST) -- DALLAS — A federal judge in Texas on Feb. 11 granted a billing company’s motion to dismiss an insurance company’s lawsuit for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), finding that the insurer’s negligent misrepresentation claim is time-barred and that its allegations of fraud are not pleaded with the required level of specificity....