The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that laws protecting consumers from deceptive practices don’t apply to insurance company repair estimates, 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 an insurance company providing a repair estimate constituted a “consumer transaction.”
The case involved a couple who sued Farmers Insurance Co. in a dispute over the use of original manufacturer parts or cheaper non-original parts in the repair of their 2-year-old car, the AP said.
The court’s written ruling said that a 1990 law applicable in the case specifically exempts dealings between insurers and customers from the definition of a consumer transaction.
The couple had successfully sued using the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act.
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