Another Lawsuit Alleges Widespread Scheme to Stage Accidents

Two insurance companies filed a federal lawsuit accusing a prominent New York personal injury law firm and dozens of doctors, clinics and other defendants of orchestrating a massive fraud scheme built around staged construction accidents, medically unnecessary treatments and inflated settlement demands. Roosevelt Road Re Ltd., a Bermuda-based insurer, and Tradesman Program Managers LLC, a New York-based insurance program manager, filed the civil complaint June 16 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.  Ionian Re, a captive insurer, and contractors Sky...