J.C. Whitney & Co. has filed a six-count lawsuit against Carparts.com for unfair and deceptive trade practices. According to the J.C. Whitney suit, Carparts.com, based in Santa Monica, CA, has been driving Internet users to its web site by misappropriating the J.C. Whitney trade name, using such URLs as “jcwhitneya.car-carparts.com”, “jcwhitney.car-carparts.com”, etc. Such actions are […]
PA Court Throws Out Diminished Value Class Action Suit
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 […]