GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE CO. v. MOUNT PROSPECT CHIROPRACTIC CENTER, P.A.

Nos. 23-1378, 23-2019 & 23-2053.

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE CO.; GEICO INDEMNITY CO.; GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY; GEICO CASUALTY CO., v. MOUNT PROSPECT CHIROPRACTIC CENTER, P.A., d/b/a Mount Prospect Health Center; TERRY McSWEENEY, D.C.; HASSAN MEDICAL PAIN RELIEF AND WELLNESS CENTER LLC, d/b/a Hassan Spine and Sports Medicine; SHADY HASSAN, M.D. HASSAN MEDICAL PAIN RELIEF AND WELLNESS CENTER LLC, d/b/a Hassan Spine and Sports Medicine; SHADY HASSAN, M.D., GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE CO; GEICO INDEMNITY CO; GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE CO; GEICO CASUALTY CO, v. CARING PAIN MANAGEMENT PC, AKA Caring Pain Management; JINGHUI XIE, MD; FIRST CARE CHIROPRACTIC CENTER LLC; KONSTANTINE FOTIOU, D.C., CARING PAIN MANAGEMENT PC, AKA Caring Pain Management; JINGHUI XIE, MD, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE CO; GEICO INDEMNITY CO; GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE CO; GEICO CASUALTY CO, v. WAEL ELKHOLY, MD; PRECISION PAIN & SPINE INSTITUTE LLC; PRECISION SPINE & SPORTS MEDICINE OF NEW JERSEY LLC; PRECISION ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES PC; ASHRAF SAKR, MD; FOUAD KARAM, D.C.; LUIS RAMIREZ-PACHECO, MD; LYDIA SHAJENKO, MD; STUART ATKIN, MD; MEHRDAD LANGROUDI, MD; CHANG LEE, MD; KHALED MORSI, MD; MONICA JOHNSON, N.P.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion filed: April 15, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Block , Andrew Gimigliano [Argued] Mandelbaum Barrett, 3 Becker Farm Road, Suite 105, Roseland, NJ 07068, Counsel for Appellants in Case Nos. 23-1378, 23-2019 & 23-2053.

Mohamed Nabulsi , Mandelbaum Barrett, 3 Becker Farm Road, Suite 105, Roseland, NJ 07068, Counsel for Appellants in Case Nos. 23-2019 & 23-1378.

Damian P. Conforti , Mandelbaum Barrett, 3 Becker Farm Road, Suite 105, Roseland, NJ 07068, Counsel for Appellants in Case No. 23-1378.

Max S. Gershenoff [Argued] Rivkin Radler, 926 RXR Plaza, West Tower, Uniondale, NY 11556.

Gene Y. Kang , Rivkin Radler, 25 Main Street, Court Plaza North Suite 501, Hackensack, NJ 07601, Counsel for Appellees in Case Nos. 23-1378, 23-2019 & 23-2053.

Yonatan Bernstein , Rivkin Radler, 926 RXR Plaza, West Tower, Uniondale, NY 11556, Counsel for Appellees in Case No. 23-1378.

Before: JORDAN, BIBAS, and AMBRO,


OPINION OF THE COURT

These consolidated appeals ask if claims under New Jersey's Insurance Fraud Prevention Act ("IFPA"), N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 17:33A-1 to 30, are arbitrable. They are, so we reverse and compel arbitration.

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