Groups Say Parts Suit Is Barred By Federal Law

NU online News Service, July 21, 3:55 p.m.EDT?A combine of industry trade groups is making a legalargument that a class action over insurers' use of generic parts torepair customers' auto damage is impermissible under the federallaw giving states the power to regulate insurance.

The insurance organizations, who said "billions" of dollars areat stake, voiced their contentions in a friend-of-court brief filedwith the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlantaseeking to overturn a ruling by a U.S. District Court for theNorthern District of Florida in the case of Gilchrist, et al.v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et al.

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