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Pringle moderates panel at 2012 ISO Insurance Fraud Managers’ Conference
PQA senior partner Ken Pringle will moderate the Medical Advisory Forum at the 2012 Insurance Fraud Managers’ (“IFM”) Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on March 28, 2012. The IFM conference is sponsored by the Insurance Services Organization (“ISO”), a subsidiary of Verisk Analytics.
The Medical Advisory Forum will focus on developments in medical investigations during [...]
PQA’s Tom Mulvihill honored by Society of Investigators of Greater Newark
PQA attorney Tom Mulvihill was honored on November 11, 2011 by the Society of Investigators of Greater Newark (“SIGN”). The group gave Mulvihill a Special Recognition Award for his work on behalf of a SIGN officer, who was served with a subpoena by a defendant in a pending insurance fraud lawsuit seeking information that [...]
Pringle honored with Jean-Michel Cousteau at 2011 Monmouth University Urban Coastal Institute Event
On October 21, 2011 Monmouth University’s Urban Coast Institute (“UCI”) honored PQA Managing Partner and former Belmar mayor Ken Pringle with its 2011 State Coastal Leadership Award. Ocean explorer, environmentalist and film producer Jean-Michel Cousteau was also honored with the UCI’s prestigious Champion of the Ocean Award.
The awards luncheon followed the 7th Annual Future of [...]
PQA’s Pringle Focuses Attention on “PIP Conveyor Belt” at 2011 New Jersey Insurance Fraud Summit
On October 17, 2011 Ken Pringle gave a presentation on the “PIP Conveyor Belt” at the 14th Annual New Jersey Insurance Fraud Summit in the Taj Mahal hotel in Atlantic City.
The presentation outlined PIP fraud schemes that begin with the solicitation and recruitment of claimants immediately following an auto accident, and that rely upon [...]
PQA Wins $9.7 Million Judgment Against Chiropractor and Ten Fraudulent Medical Offices
On March 30, 2011, PQA obtained final summary judgment on behalf of Allstate Insurance Company against a New Jersey chiropractor and a network of ten fraudulent medical offices he created and secretly controlled. The chiropractor created these sham medical corporations in response to the New Jersey Legislature’s adoption of the Automobile Insurance [...]
PQA’s Waldron wins judgment against defendant under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act
On August 25, 2010, the Honorable Mary C. Jacobson, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court for Mercer County, entered an order finding that the transfer of a home by a chiropractor to his mother, constituted a fraudulent transaction under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, N.J.S.A. 25:2-20, et seq (the “UFTA”). The Court also ordered that PQA may file a new application for relief under the UFTA, and may apply for a final judgment up to the $525,000 amount of the value of the home that the defendant unlawfully conveyed, as well as its attorneys’ fees and costs, once the amount of the damages the defendant owes to PQA’s client is established at the conclusion of parallel proceedings that are pending in another court pursuant to the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 17:33A-1, et seq.
PQA Teams Up With LifeSize to Link its Offices Via Video
In July 2010, PQA joined the videoconferencing revolution. The firm’s LifeSize HD videoconferencing system will enable the attorneys and staff in PQA’s Belmar, Morristown and Trenton offices to better communicate and collaborate with each other, and with the firm’s clients. The system will make it easier to arrange meetings and cut down on travel time and costs, all while reducing the firm’s carbon footprint.
PQA Conducts Internal Investigation into Complex Check-Kiting Scheme
In December 2009, PQA was retained by the Audit Committee of a New Jersey state-chartered bank to conduct an internal investigation and provide legal counsel regarding a large-scale check-kiting scheme perpetrated by one of the bank’s customers. The Committee set a very short deadline for the completion of the investigation. Working over the Christmas [...]
PQA Wins Dismissal of $245 Million Suit
PQA won a stunning victory on April 22, 2009 in a civil matter pending before Judge Daniel M. Waldman in the Superior Court of New Jersey in Monmouth County, in which the plaintiffs were seeking $245 million in damages from PQA’s client. PQA was retained in July 2008 to defend a client in a [...]
Medical Provider Investigations
PQA partner Ken Pringle will present a seminar on October 27th entitled, “Medical Provider Investigations,” at the 18th Annual Anti-Insurance Fraud Training Seminar, Fraud Awareness 2008: Confronting Fraud in a Slowing Economy, which is sponsored by the NJSIA Education Foundation, Inc.