Court Rules Against Body Shops in State Farm Antitrust Lawsuit
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has scrapped five combined lawsuits filed by body shops accusing State Farm and several other insurers of conspiring to punish shops that didn’t cooperate with its alleged scheme to fix prices and use substandard replacement parts.
GEICO Wins Appeal Case Against Body Shop Over Labor Rates
A Texas body shop has lost an appeal against GEICO dealing with lost funds over labor rate differences, according to an article by the SE Texas Record.
Nationwide Insurance Hit with $8M Bad Faith Judgment
The court also will be awarding as-yet undetermined attorney fees because Nationwide turned down a 2011 offer to settle the case for $4.5 million.
