$17M Jury Award Against American Family Mutual Reinstated
Midwest News • May 6, 2009
A Missouri appeals court has reinstated a $17 million jury award in a class action lawsuit against American Family Mutual Insurance Co. over aftermarket vehicle parts.
The Missouri Court of ...
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Subject: RE: Aftermarket Parts
Posted On: May 6, 2009, 1:46 pm CDT
Posted By: No SF Fan
Comment:
Mike,
1st I'm not a big SF fan, but before you besmerch a judge you might want to remmember that the suppose SF loss was in the "Judicial Hellhole" where all the trial lawyers pay big donations to all their favorite judges and appeals judges for their election campaigns.
2nd, the individual plainiff's get only slightly more than nothing in the case of a win on one of these. The only winners are the attorney's for both sides.
3rd, Most carriers provide a notice with their policies regarding after market parts, etc.. Those get read about as often as the actual policies, which means about never.
Finally, Not all aftermarket parts are sub-standard, nor are EOM parts always better (a lot of those are assembly line rejects). If your 85 Celebrity is in a wreck in 2005, it doesn't matter if you put aftermarket or EOM the car is the same crud it was before the accident.
Subject: RE: Aftermarket Parts
1st I'm not a big SF fan, but before you besmerch a judge you might want to remmember that the suppose SF loss was in the "Judicial Hellhole" where all the trial lawyers pay big donations to all their favorite judges and appeals judges for their election campaigns.
2nd, the individual plainiff's get only slightly more than nothing in the case of a win on one of these. The only winners are the attorney's for both sides.
3rd, Most carriers provide a notice with their policies regarding after market parts, etc.. Those get read about as often as the actual policies, which means about never.
Finally, Not all aftermarket parts are sub-standard, nor are EOM parts always better (a lot of those are assembly line rejects). If your 85 Celebrity is in a wreck in 2005, it doesn't matter if you put aftermarket or EOM the car is the same crud it was before the accident.