The NAII reports that the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas recently joined state trial courts in Florida, Texas and Massachusetts in rejecting a class action suit that would require insurers to pay for both the repair and the alleged “diminished value” of cars involved in accidents.
“These so-called diminished value cases have been found to be baseless by a majority of courts,” said Robert Hurns associate counsel for the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII). “In the Pennsylvania suit, the court agreed with insurers and upheld the motion for summary judgment. As a result, the case never went to
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