Central Florida U.S. District Court Dismisses Collision Repair Shop Reimbursement Rate Supression Claims
Jan 26, 2015
Above: Maria Elena Abate of Colodny Fass represented Florida Farm Bureau in a victory for insurers.
Twenty-two pending cases asserting a conspiracy by various auto insurers to suppress reimbursement rates for automobile collision repairs may be moot after the Orlando U.S. District Court granted the insurers’ motions to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims against them.
The January 21 Court Order both granted and partially denied the claims brought by 20 auto body repair shops, which included quantum meruit (Count I); unjust enrichment (Count II); quasi-estoppel (Count III); tortious interference with business relations (Count IV); and conversion (Count V). They also asserted two claims arising under § 1 of the Sherman Act: price fixing (Count VI) and boycott (Count VII).
Represented by Maria Elena Abate of the Colodny Fass law firm, the Florida Farm Bureau was among the 40 Defendants, which included State Farm, Geico, Allstate and other major insurers.
The Order is attached for review.
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