Article: Judge clears Frontier Insurance Group lawsuit to proceed.

Byline: Michael Levensohn

Dec. 29--A lawsuit alleging mismanagement, self-dealing and other offenses by 18 former Frontier Insurance Group officials has been cleared to proceed.

The suit, which was brought in December 2002 by the state superintendent of insurance, alleges that Frontier executives and directors, including former CEO Harry Rhulen, breached fiduciary duties to the company and violated insurance laws, among other things.

In a decision issued last week, the state Appellate Division, Third Department, upheld a decision by state Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Clemente. That judge had denied the officers' motions to dismiss the suit.

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