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Insurance Class Action Quarterly Update

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This quarter has seen a few new types of class actions against insurers as well as aging of some more mature theories wending their way through the courts. ...more

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Eleventh Circuit Restores Auto Body Shop Antitrust Case

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On September 7, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed a big victory to a class of auto body shops in Quality Auto Painting v. State Farm, et. al, reversing a lower court decision that had dismissed the auto body shops'...more

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Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Auto Body Shops’ Antitrust Claims Against Insurers

In a 2-1 decision issued on September 7, 2017, the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court decision dismissing antirust claims brought by auto body shops against a group of car insurance companies in the In re Auto Body...more

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Auto Body Shop Antitrust Appeal in Jeopardy of Being Dismissed on Procedural Grounds

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On August 17, the clerk of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a notice to all counsel in Indiana Autobody Association v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, et al., apprising the parties that the plaintiffs'...more

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Eleventh Circuit Refuses to Reinstate Auto Body Shop Antitrust Case that Was Dismissed on Procedural Grounds

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In early December, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a one sentence decision refusing to reinstate the plaintiff/appellants' appeal in Parker Auto Body v. State Farm Automobile Insurance Company. The appeal had...more

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Auto Body Shop Antitrust Case Crashes on Appeal; Can It Be Repaired?

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Over two years ago, class action antitrust cases were commenced by numerous auto body shops against many of the largest auto insurers in the nation. In each case, the auto body shops contended that the insurers had conspired...more

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In re Auto Body Shop Antitrust Litigation Heads to the 11th Circuit

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Having succeeded in having class-action antitrust claims brought by auto body shops in several states dismissed by the district court in the In re Auto Body Shop Antitrust Litigation, the auto insurer defendants in those...more

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Insurance Antitrust Newsletter - May 2016

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Insurer Antitrust Exemption in Europe in Jeopardy - In the United States, the McCarran Ferguson Act provides insurers with an exemption from the federal antitrust laws. Enacted in 1945, the Act provides that conduct that...more

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Strike Three: Antitrust Claims in Florida Auto Insurer Proceeding Dismissed With Prejudice

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On September 23, District Court Judge Gregory Presnell (Middle District of Florida) dismissed the antitrust claims asserted by a class of auto body shops in A&E Auto Body v. 21st Century Centennial Insurance, this time with...more

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Auto Insurers Score Another Victory in the Auto Body Shop Antitrust Litigation

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On August 17, United States District Judge Greg Presnell (M.D. Fla.) handed the auto insurer defendants in the In re Auto Body Antitrust Litigation another significant victory, confirming a "Report and Recommendation" by...more

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Auto Insurers Again Seek Dismissal of In RE Auto Body Shop Antitrust Litigation

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In early march, the auto insurer defendants in the In re Auto Body Shop Antitrust Litigation renewed their motions seeking the dismissal of plaintiffs’ action, this time directed at plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint. The...more

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Auto Body Antitrust Action Continues to Expand in Florida

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On December 12, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order transferring State of Louisiana v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Insurance to the Middle District of Florida, making the case the latest addition...more

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