American Family Mutual Insurance Company will contest a Missouri jury's $17 million class-action award over the company's insistence that customers use aftermarket parts for auto collision repairs.

“We will not accept this verdict,” said Steve Witmer, speaking for the Madison, Wis.-based insurer.

At this point, he said, the form and timing of an appeal is not clear. The verdict was delivered in Jackson County State Court in Kansas City after a nearly month-long trial.

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