Commerce Insurance Awarded Over $8.1 Million

Commerce Insurance Company has many more millions of dollars in its bank account now, courtesy of the Boston Superior Court and a disgraceful chiropractor and his clinics.

According to a MarketWatch.com press release, Judge John Cratsley ordered the defendants, Jason Corbett and his chiropractic clinics, to pay Commerce, which is a member of the MAPFRE U.S.A. Group of Companies, more than $8.1 million in damages. Five other insurance companies were also awarded separate judgments.

Corbett filed hundreds of lawsuits against several insurers, including Commerce, seeking payment for treatments that he allegedly provided to automobile accident victims. Commerce countersued for insurance fraud, conspiracy, unfair trade practices, and violations of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.

Corbett admitted to paying “runners” as much as $500 a piece to solicit patients for his clinics.

Judge Cratsley agreed with Commerce, finding that Corbett committed fraud “stemming from chiropractic patients treated at the Corbett Clinics who were referred to the clinics by runners or who received unnecessary treatment.”

These insurance fraud millions are also not alone in the Commerce bank account. This decision follows a victory earlier in the year in which Commerce recovered nearly $6.6 million from a separate Massachusetts insurance fraud case.

Jaime Tamayo, the President and CEO of MAPFRE U.S.A. Corp. and Commerce Insurance said, “This victory demonstrates that Commerce and MAPFRE USA continue to work hard to protect our customers from the high cost of insurance fraud.” Tamayo also added that “MAPFRE USA will continue to combat insurance fraud in every state in which we do business to the benefit of our policyholders.”