The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that laws protecting consumersfrom deceptive practices don’t apply to insurance company repairestimates, the Associated Press reported.
|The court ruled on Tuesday in a case involving a Columbus, Ohio,insurer, voting 5-2 to overturn a lower court ruling that said aninsurance company providing a repair estimate constituted a“consumer transaction.”
|The case involved a couple who sued Farmers Insurance Co. in adispute over the use of original manufacturer parts or cheapernon-original parts in the repair of their 2-year-old car, the APsaid.
|The court’s written ruling said that a 1990 law applicable inthe case specifically exempts dealings between insurers andcustomers from the definition of a consumer transaction.
|The couple had successfully sued using the Ohio Consumer SalesPractices Act.
|Related: Ohio's Public Utilities Commission to regulateUber, Lyft
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