NEW from me: A federal judge in Detroit has disqualified attorneys for @Allstate Insurance Co. and an entire law firm in an auto insurance medical bill lawsuit for their "scorched-earth tactics" and lying under oath.
Eye-opening ruling in a RICO lawsuit:
crainsdetroit.com/law/allstate-a…
Eye-opening ruling in a RICO lawsuit:
crainsdetroit.com/law/allstate-a…
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Stafford let @Allstate's attorneys have it in a biting 28-page opinion that found one lawyer lied on an affidavit and under oath about having an unethical conversation with a pharmacist Allstate was suing over his billing.
crainsdetroit.com/law/allstate-a…
crainsdetroit.com/law/allstate-a…
Out-of-state insurance companies like Allstate, State Farm & Liberty Mutual have been using the federal RICO statute to round up groups of medical providers and accuse them of a criminal-like conspiracy to overbill insurers. Providers almost always settle, except this one... 3/
The judge's disqualification of Allstate's legal team in Michigan centers around the deposition of a Royal Oak pharmacist who was the last of a dozen providers who hadn't settled.
@Allstate's attorney breached ethics, then lied about it, judge ruled.
crainsdetroit.com/law/allstate-a… 4/
@Allstate's attorney breached ethics, then lied about it, judge ruled.
crainsdetroit.com/law/allstate-a… 4/
"It's a legal shakedown."
That's how one Dearborn attorney for medical providers describes why auto insurers use the federal racketeering statute to force multiple medical providers to settle bills for pennies on the dollar and avoid costly litigation.
crainsdetroit.com/law/allstate-a…
That's how one Dearborn attorney for medical providers describes why auto insurers use the federal racketeering statute to force multiple medical providers to settle bills for pennies on the dollar and avoid costly litigation.
crainsdetroit.com/law/allstate-a…
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