$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: Come on Gill! Stop the Dance...
Posted On: May 6, 2009, 3:38 pm CDT
Posted By: Mark Pierson
Comment:
The contract calls for indemnification, not a shell game to short the original intent and common understand of the purpose of coverage.
It is ludicrous to replace readily available, identical parts with cheap reproductions just to circumvent the contract for financial gain. NCOIL spent a couple of years looking at the possibility of sanctioning aftermarket body parts in various states. The project was quickly abandoned when the issue of "who would take responsibility for the equivalence to OEM?". The state would not take it, the shops certainly would and interestingly, insurers backed off at that point also.
Point being, knowingly replacing damaged items with poor imitations is fraud… whether we're talking a TV, diamond ring or fender.
Subject: Come on Gill! Stop the Dance...
It is ludicrous to replace readily available, identical parts with cheap reproductions just to circumvent the contract for financial gain. NCOIL spent a couple of years looking at the possibility of sanctioning aftermarket body parts in various states. The project was quickly abandoned when the issue of "who would take responsibility for the equivalence to OEM?". The state would not take it, the shops certainly would and interestingly, insurers backed off at that point also.
Point being, knowingly replacing damaged items with poor imitations is fraud… whether we're talking a TV, diamond ring or fender.