Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Announces $17 Million Jury Verdict Against American Family Mutual Insurance Co. in Auto Parts Case.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- A jury in Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , MO awarded more than $17 million to a group of policyholders in a class action lawsuit class action lawsuit A lawsuit in which one party or a limited number of parties sue on behalf of a larger group to which the parties belong. For example, investors may bring a class action lawsuit against a brokerage firm that has actively promoted a tax against American Family American Family is a photographic artwork exhibition by Renée Cox. See also
The verdict affects approximately 315,000 Missouri residents with claims for vehicle repairs between May 1990 and December 2004. The lawsuit alleged that American Family, based in Madison, WI, specified non-original equipment manufactured parts in paying to repair policyholders' damaged vehicles. "The exceptional jury in Kansas City recognized that American Family was not satisfying its obligation under its policy contracts and awarded the plaintiffs accordingly," said Ted Pintar, counsel at Lerach Coughlin. "This sends a clear message to American Family and to other insurance companies around the country with similar policies in place." The suit was filed in May 2000 and certified as a class action in December 2001. ABOUT LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP Lerach Coughlin, a 180-lawyer firm with offices in San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Boca Raton, Washington, D.C., Houston, Philadelphia and Seattle, is active in major litigations pending in federal and state courts throughout the United States and has taken a leading role in many important actions on behalf of defrauded investors, consumers, and companies, as well as victims of human rights violations. Lerach Coughlin lawyers have been responsible for more than $20 billion in aggregate recoveries. The Lerach Coughlin Web site (http://www.lerachlaw.com) has more information about the firm. |
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