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Ford Motor Company and AirPro Diagnostics Settle Lawsuit

May 25, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Ford Files Lawsuit Against AirPro Diagnostics

Both parties agree to settle 2020 lawsuit over trademark and diagnostic licensing dispute brought by vehicle manufacturer. Ford Motor Company and AirPro Diagnostics have reached agreement to settle the lawsuit filed by the vehicle manufacturer against the remote diagnostic provider in February 2020. The suit, Ford Motor Company et al v. AirPro Diagnostics, LLC, was […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: AirPro Diagnostics, Diagnostics, Ford Motor Company, Lawsuits

Interview: Jason Verlen, CCC Intelligent Solutions Details Crash Course Trends

May 5, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Verlen discusses the factors influencing collision repair and auto insurance claims. In our video interview, Jason Verlen, CCC’s vice president, product marketing, details key macro and micro trends that are impacting vehicle owners, driving behaviors and ultimately the collision repair and auto insurance claims industries. To help understand the trends and how they are impacting […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: CCC, Crash Course, Interview

Florida Legislature Approves Auto Glass Bill

May 3, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Legislation to prohibit repair incentives, assignment of benefits and steering sent to Governor. The Florida House of Representatives yesterday voted 103-16 to send auto glass legislation that prohibits repair facilities from offering incentives to customers on insurance claims or the assignment of benefits to a glass claim to Governor Ron Desantis. Florida Senate Bill 1002 […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Florida.Assignment of Benefits, legislation, Steering

Federal Lawsuit Alleges Tesla Violates Anti-Trust Laws by Monopolizing Markets for Repairs and Parts

March 15, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Suit by vehicle owner seeks class action status alleging Tesla vehicle owners forced to pay high prices for repair services and replacement parts due to electric vehicle manufacturer’s monopolization of market. A lawsuit filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Tesla, Inc. alleges Tesla vehicle owners are forced, […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Antitrust, Lawsuits, Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, Right to Repair, Tesla

Labor Rate Survey Bill Introduced in Vermont

February 3, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Legislation would require the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to survey labor rates and establish a minimum rate. A bill introduced by five members of the Vermont House of Representatives February 2 proposes to establish minimum reimbursement rates for labor on automobile insurance claims. House Bill 160 (HB160), introduced by Rep. Kevin Christie, Rep. Kenneth Goslant, […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: consumer price index, Labor Rates, legislation, Vermont

Interview: Bill Brower, VP of Industry Relations at Solera

January 13, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Brower details how inflation is impacting severity as parts and labor costs have increased. Examines how auto insurance companies and the collision repair industry globally are responding. The impact of inflation on critical cost drivers for the auto claims and collision repair industries has increased claims severity across the globe. As CollisionWeek has reported, key […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Claim Severity, Inflation, Interview, Labor Rates, Solera

AirPro Diagnostics Files Lawsuit Against Opus IVS

December 12, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Firm alleges Opus IVS, its affiliates and CEO violated terms of 2017 agreement between the two companies and unfairly competes and interferes with its collision repair diagnostics services business. AirPro Diagnostics LLC filed a Federal lawsuit in Michigan against Opus IVS, its CEO, and its Drew Technologies and AutoEnginuity subsidiaries. The lawsuit, AirPro Diagnostics, LLC […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: AirPro Diagnostics, Drew Technologies, Lawsuits, Opus IVS

State Farm Rolling Out Expanded Non-OEM Collision Repair Parts Use to Most U.S. States

December 7, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Following the test in Texas and Oklahoma announced in June, the largest private passenger auto insurer in the U.S. will reintroduce CAPA-certified non-OEM collision repair parts. State Farm announced to its Select Service shops yesterday, December 6, that due to continuing supply chain issues it will reintroduce expanded specification of non-original equipment manufacturer (non-OEM) collision […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Certified Automotive Parts Association, Non-OEM Parts, State Farm

Interview: Bob Redding, ASA Washington Representative on Vehicle Data Access

November 30, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Redding discusses California’s zero emissions vehicle mandate and its impact across the country as well state and national legislative efforts on data access. State and national efforts to assure that the independent repair industry has the access to data it needs to repair their customer’s vehicles has been an issue for decades. As vehicles become […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Automotive Service Association, Data Access, Interview, legislation, Regulations, Right to Repair, U.S. Vehicle Data Access Coalition

New Hampshire Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Collision Repair Shop in Assignment of Benefits Dispute with State Farm

November 17, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Majority opinion says policy language restricting an insured’s ability to assign the benefits of their claim to a collision repair facility is ambiguous, overturning a lower court ruling to dismiss the case. The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a lower court ruling that in favor of State Farm to dismiss a breach of […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Assignment of Benefits, Keene Auto Body, Lawsuits, New Hampshire, State Farm

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