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A new State Farm class action lawsuit says the insurance company wrongfully values total losses in vehicle accident claims.
Plaintiff Larry Relf says despite the fact that State Farm markets itself as an honest and reputable company, the insurance carrier regularly denies providing total losses to claimants after vehicle accidents.
The State Farm class action lawsuit specifically accuses the insurance company of colluding with another company, Mitchell International Inc., in order to receive Work Center Total Loss Vehicle Valuation Reports.
As alleged by the plaintiff in the State Farm class action lawsuit, Mitchell contracts to determine the settlement and market value of vehicles once any policyholder deductibles have been applied.
The State Farm class action says that the insurance company is involved in a scheme to artificially deflate vehicle loss claims to make payments to first-party insureds lower than the pre-loss value of the vehicle when the car is defined as a total loss.
The State Farm class action lawsuit accuses J.D. Power, Mitchell, and State Farm of violating their contractual obligations to consumers in additional to unlawful conduct violating Georgia law.
As explained in the State Farm class action lawsuit, the valuation methodology used assigns actual cash values for total loss vehicles in a manner that is much lower than other valuation models such as those included in Kelly Blue Book and NADA.
The process by Mitchell and accepted by State Farm for assigning cash values includes locating comparable vehicles, adjusting comparable vehicles, calculating the base vehicle value and loss vehicle adjustments, and calculating the market value.
The State Farm class action lawsuit accuses the companies of using old and inaccurate methodologies to determine the amount paid out to a claimant on a first party insured loss.
According to the State Farm car insurance class action, the methods for making adjustments on options, mileage, and equipment are invalid from a statistics standpoint.
The plaintiff also argues that all of these flawed methods of arriving at a claim value are not based on industry-accepted standards and causes the claimant to receive an underpayment on their total loss vehicle.
The defendants in the State Farm class action lawsuit, according to the plaintiff, have been able to make millions of dollars by consistently engaging in the process to undervalue accident claims.
The company is accused of using this WCTL valuation method for the vast majority of claims brought by first party insured policyholders in Georgia following an accident, leading to a regular pattern of denying policyholders fair value.
The proposed Class in the State Farm class action lawsuit are represented by R. Walker Garrett of Morgan & Morgan PA, Jonathan B. Cohen and John A. Yanchunis of Morgan & Morgan Complex Litigation Group, and Jonathan H. Waller of Waller Law Office PC.
The State Farm Total Loss Evaluation Class Action Lawsuit is Larry Relf v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, et al., Case No. 4:18-cv-00240-CDL, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Columbus Division.
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242 thoughts onState Farm Class Action Argues Underpaid Total Loss Claims
Please add me. 2019 total loss statefarm.
I have been ripped off by State Farm with the total loss on two vehicles I am currently seeking another ensure please add me to the lawsuit I have all documentation required ready to go thank you
Total loss accident declared NOT my fault, GAP refused to pay $6,000 difference AND State Farm dropped shortly after! Please add me I have kept ALL paperwork plus ALL requirements for GAP claim and I still had to make 2 vehicle payments for almost a YEAR. Then got stuck with SANtander and they SOLD my vehicle during quarantine! Plz add me to these two suits. Thanks!
Had total loss with state farm was not paid fair loss value.
I had state farm car totaled fall 2019. Please add me. 610 highland SPRINGFIELD Illinois 62704
add me, STATE FARM did not give me what it cost to replace my vehicle after their client totaled my truck, paid for two others , and told me that after paying the first two vehicles off, they didnt have enough money in the policy to pay all of mine,
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State farm clamed they paid hospital bills and still get bills in mail unpaid they refused pip and lady was very nasty
I was stopped at a red light waiting for green when 2 cars crashed and one of them was thrown into my car. State Farm was the insurer of the person whose fault it was. Our car was totalled. We were not hurt, but we lost a great car that day. That was Augyst 2017. We only got the worth of Blue Book on that day. We never recovered any taxes or fees and we had to give up our car. Life had never been the same since we lost that great car! Maybe u canhelp@ thank you!
I had total loss claim with State farm 3 years ago. and I even ask them about paying for the unused registration, taxes and fees. They refuse to adjust my compensation accordingly.
Add me statefarm did not want to pay for my car it was totaled and the other person was at fault who was covered by statefarm add me please