Parties in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case Seek Extension of Discovery Deadlines

NEW YORK — The parties in an action accusing Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Co. and its affiliates of carrying out a fraudulent workers’ compensation scheme have asked a New York federal judge to extend the discovery deadlines by four months in light of two similar cases pending in California federal court.

In a Nov. 8 motion filed before Judge John G. Koeltl of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the parties explained that they have been coordinating discovery efforts in the three cases, “so as to ensure efficient production of documents and ESI by …