Seven Auto Insurers Named in Illinois Aftermarket Parts Suit.(Brief Article)

Claims, December, 1999 by Anderson, Curtis T.

One month after a Marion, Ill., jury awarded damages of nearly $1.2 billion in an aftermarket auto pares class-action lawsuit against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., another aftermarket parts lawsuit was filed in Illinois, naming. seven of the nation's leading automobile insurance companies, including State Farm.

In Hobbs vs. State Farm, et al, the insurers are being sued for their use of aftermarket, rather than original equipment manufacturer (OEM), parts in their policyholders' auto repairs, and conspiring to support and legitimize this practice through the creation of a third-party auto parts certification association, the Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA).

Lawyers representing the plaintiffs have named State Farm, CNA,...

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