Surgical Practice Answers Cross-Claims In Fraud Suit Alleging Staged Accidents

( September 17, 2026, 2:40 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A surgical practice defendant on Sept. 16 primarily denied cross-claims against it for contribution and indemnification by a physician co-defendant in a suit filed by Federal Express Corp. (FedEx) against legal and medical providers in a New York federal court, alleging that they participated in a scheme that specifically targets delivery trucks due to their higher insurance policy limits to “stage or exaggerate accidents, fabricate injuries” and use “falsified medical documentation to inflate claims.”...