Physician’s Suit Against GEICO Tossed For Failure To Allege ‘Protected Right’

( November 6, 2024, 1:26 PM EST) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York federal judge dismissed a suit filed by a physician and his medical practice against GEICO, alleging that it violated a New York civil rights law by interfering with the plaintiffs’ rights to provide lawful medical care, finding that GEICO’s underlying litigation against the physician and his practice alleging Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) violations related to fraudulent billing does not constitute a claim for “unlawful interference with medical care.”...