Insurance Carrier's Claims of Fraud Revived Against Alleged Radiology Service Brokers

A California appellate court reinstated an insurance carrier’s fraud claims accusing a group of defendants of running a radiology brokerage to produce grossly inflated bills for services provided to workers’ compensation applicants and personal injury plaintiffs. Allstate Insurance Co. provides automobile insurance coverage in California. It filed suit against two groups of professional medical corporations, radiologists, a medical management company and an individual named Sattar Mir. The complaint alleged that Mir, who is not a physician, founded and controlled Disco...