Legal Opinion
Keystone Insurance v. Houghton
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 19, 1988No. Civ. A. 86-4327PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
NEWCOMER, District Judge.
Plaintiff claims that the defendants defrauded from it a sizable amount of money by filing bogus insurance claims. The complaint is premised on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, and a pen dent common law fraud claim. Plaintiff Keystone Insurance Co. asserts that the defendants, who shall be referred to collectively as the “Houghton Group,” engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity against various insurance carriers, filed false claims against Keystone in connection with two motor vehicle accidents —…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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