Judge denies State Farm motion to dismiss case seeking reinstatement of $1.18 billion aftermarket collision repair parts verdict.
U.S. District Judge David R. Herndon denied a motion last week by State Farm attorney seeking a summary judgement to have a 2012 lawsuit dismissed that alleges the auto insurer recruited and secretly bankrolled Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier’s 2004 election campaign to avoid a billion dollar judgment against the company over its specification of non-OEM parts in the 1990s.
The suit, Hale et al v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company et al, was filed in May 2012 alleging
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