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Farmers Insurance Lawsuits

Here are some lawsuits listed.  There are some others in the "Agent & Employee" section of our site and probably some in the "Hot News" section.  This is by no means a comprehensive list.  There must be a huge amount of lawsuits active against Farmers daily.  If you have a lawsuit against Farmers Insurance, let us know we will post it here.

Burgess et al. v. Farmers Insurance Company This is the website for the Burgess et al. v. Farmers Insurance Company, Inc. et al. class action lawsuit. Homeowners have sued Farmers saying that they improperly withheld payments for general contractor’s overhead and profit (“O&P”) from amounts paid on claims under homeowner’s insurance policies to citizens of Oklahoma. Burgess v. Farmers Insurance Company (Oklahoma Class Action)

Farmers Insurance Employees If you are a current or former Farmers Insurance employee and have taken an FMLA absence from work or know someone who has you should read about the potential Farmers Insurance Class Action Lawsuit for unlawful garnishment of sick pay. Update: The United States Department of Labor Wage Hour Division has completed the investigation of the above described violations of the family medical leave act and found a sustained violation….Any current or former claims employees, uw, siu, adjusters, etc., or part of the umbrella companies who have been pinched on any f.m.l.a. issue, and told you did not qualify for F.M.L.A. protections, sick pay issue, discharged while under F.M.L.A., or had wages unlawfully garnished should post comments now to be heard. Potential Farmers Insurance Class Action Lawsuit

Did you have auto insurance with Farmers Insurance between 1996-2006? This class action settlement will provide cash payments to people who were insured by Farmers (or one of Farmers Insurance affiliates), had an accident, and had insurance claims adjusted based on certain categories of these parts, known as “non-OEM crash parts,” between June 15, 1996 and November 1, 2006. “Non-OEM crash parts” are generally the sheet metal exterior of your car or truck, such as hoods and fenders, that were not made by, or for, the vehicle’s original maker. That is, they are parts that were not made by or for companies like Ford, GM or Toyota. If you're not sure whether you qualify for a cash payment, it is strongly encourage you to fill out the claim form. Claim forms must be postmarked by June 1, 2007. Farmers Insurance Auto Settlement or call 1-877-576-9983 for more information.
Other Information: Claim Form | Press Release | Farmers Insurance Settlement | Farmers Insurance Approval (Farmers Insurance v. Lebrilla Class Action Lawsuit) 12/14/06

Class Action: Lebrilla v. Farmers Insurance (low quality parts lawsuit) In this lawsuit about repairing cars with low quality parts, the plaintiffs allege that Farmers replaces damaged automobile parts with lower quality parts than required by Farmers' automobile policy. Plaintiffs seek to require Farmers to replace the allegedly low quality parts with the high quality parts promised in the insurance policy. Trial is scheduled for August 2006 in the Orange County Superior Court. Amended Complaint (1.7MB) More at website: Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (Settlement has been reached. See Above)

Class Action Lawsuit Settlement: Pak v Farmers Insurance Sung Man Pak and Nancy Pak (Plaintiffs) alleged that Farmers Insurance Exchange and Farmers Insurance Affiliates failed to pay to their insureds the amounts required under their respective policies of automobile insurance for total loss claims. According to the Plaintiffs, the Farmers Insurance based their total loss valuations of their insureds' vehicles, in whole or in part, on valuation reports prepared by CCC, which the Lawsuit alleges were "lower than the actual retail fair market value." For details about this lawsuit visit FarmersInsuranceExchangeSettlement.com

New Life for Homeowners Discrimination Lawsuit against Farmers Insurance The lawsuit alleges that Farmers Insurance and other insureres discriminated against homeowners in largely black neighborhoods in Kansas City."The cases brought by residents of Kansas City’s East Side charged that the defendants used discriminatory underwriting standards to make minority homeowners ineligible for homeowners insurance." Story 6/20/006
If you or a loved one has suffered damages in this case, you may qualify for damages or remedies that may be awarded in a possible class action or lawsuit. Please call 1-866-886-5529 toll free to submit your complaint.

Class Action: Farmers Insurance ordered to pay back more than $115 million in "service charges" Farmers Insurance Exchange and Farmers Group Inc. have been ordered to pay back more than $115 million in "service charges" that were tacked on to consumers' insurance policy premiums. California Superior Court Judge Jay M. Bloom found that the charges were "above and beyond" the premiums specified in the policies and ordered that Farmers pay back the charges. "For most consumers this charge was an annoyance, but over time it added up, and for Farmers it added up to millions of dollars," said Blood. The total amount of service charges collected by Farmers since 2000 is $115,556,827.00. Press Release. 9/5/2006 More at website: Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP

Class Action: Consumers Allege Farmers Insurance Uses Credit Reports To Set Premiums "Once the credit report has been obtained, Farmers allegedly uses that information to assist the company in setting the consumer's premium. The insureds assert that this is an unlawful practice that violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Arkansas unfair trade practices law for several reasons."..."The insureds allege that Farmers has engaged in these activities in willful and intentional disregard of federal and state law. They further assert that these actions are corporate policy and that effected parties number well into the tens of thousands, if not more." If you or someone you know has been affected by this case, you may qualify for a money settlement as the result of your financial/economic or other damages that may be awarded. See details at LawCash.com

Class Action: Nellis v. Farmers Insurance Plaintiffs allege that the Defendant, Farmers Insurance Company of Arizona (“Farmers”) has breached its contract with Farmers’ policyholders who purchase their insurance on a monthly basis, by imposing service charges which are not specified in the policy, and which exceed the premium amount stated in the policy. Plaintiffs request that all service charges imposed since April 11, 1997 be refunded. Farmers denies these allegations, and asserts various affirmative defenses. The Court has ruled on the merits of these claims, and has granted Summary Judgment in favor of Plaintiffs. See details Nellis v. Farmers Insurance

Clara Julene Taylor v. Farmers Insurance Class Action Settlement Case No. 02-208934-8 SEA (King County Superior Court).You may be able to recover money if you were in a car accident in Washington and you received both PIP insurance benefits (medical and wage loss) and underinsured or uninsured motorist benefits between March 26, 1996 and June 1, 2005 from Farmers Insurance Company of Washington or Mid-Century Insurance Company and were not reimbursed for legal expense you incurred. Deadline for submitting claim is July 19, 2006. For more info call 1-866-833-7922

California Farmers Insurance Agent Help Needed! "This class action in brief, is on behalf of California insureds that have been charged an allegedly improper “surcharge.” Farmers Insurance was surcharging a fee for previously uninsured motorists that could not verify previous auto insurance. As a result, Farmers Insurance would place a surcharge on the insured’s premium, claiming that their accident record could not be verified. The surcharge is also referred to as “non verifiable automobile driving surcharge.” This is illegal in the State of California; therefore, we need an agent that could help provide us with a list of insureds that have experienced the situation above, preferably residents in the Los Angeles location willing to meet and discuss. If you can provide this sort of information, please let me know and please provide an amount for charges this will entail". Contact Razia Noorzay via email at rrn@rpnlaw.com or by phone at: (818) 992-9999 ext. 220. See Ryan v. Farmers Insurance Lawsuit. (1.6 MB PDF)

Ruth D. Lundy et al. vs. Farmers Group Inc. (low quality parts lawsuit) This non-OEM parts case was filed in December 1999, in the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Court of DuPage County in Wheaton, Ill. The lawsuit was brought against Farmers Insurance Group for allegedly specifying non-OEM crash parts, for failing to specify all necessary repair procedures and for hiding this practice from consumers. Seeking class action status.

Is Farmers Insurance short changing Cascade Auto Glass? Cascade Auto Glass, Inc. sued Farmers Insurance Group of Companies claiming that Farmers failed to pay the full amount it owed for repairs which Cascade made to the windshields of Farmers' clients. In its complaint, Cascade claims Farmers short-paid Cascade by failing to pay the full amount owed. The trial court entered summary judgment in Farmers' favor. The appeals court reversed summary judgment and remanded for trial because genuine issues of material fact remain. see Cascade Auto Glass v. Farmers Insurance Group 7/5/2006 Edior: Good luck Cascade Auto Glass. Many of Farmers Insurance customers know what it is like to be low-balled.

New Life for Homeowners Discrimination Lawsuit against Farmers Insurance The lawsuit alleges that Farmers Insurance and other insureres discriminated against homeowners in largely black neighborhoods in Kansas City."The cases brought by residents of Kansas City’s East Side charged that the defendants used discriminatory underwriting standards to make minority homeowners ineligible for homeowners insurance." Story 6/20/006
If you or a loved one has suffered damages in this case, you may qualify for damages or remedies that may be awarded in a possible class action or lawsuit. Please call 1-866-886-5529 toll free to submit your complaint.

Farmers Insurance “Diminished Value” Class Action In Arkansas Harry Snowden alleges that Farmers breached its insurance contracts with him and other policyholders by failing to compensate for the diminished value of their vehicles. Snowden sought recovery for the difference between the value of his car prior to the accident and the value of his car after the accident, arguing that the policy entitles him to payment for the difference in market value pre- and post-accident, or what he calls “diminished value". Farmers Insurance tries to weasel out of Class Action status but fails. Judgement: We disagree (with Farmers Insurance), and affirm. Farmers Insurance Diminished Value Judgement Posted 4/18/2006

Farmers Insurance Credit Information Class Action "The plaintiffs claim that Farmers companies' use consumer report information on their applicants and insureds and "took adverse action against each plaintiff and each class member, based in whole or in part on information obtained in consumer reports, but did not provide adequate notice of the adverse action to each plaintiff and each class member as required by the FCRA," according to the judge's published opinion. The plaintiffs further allege that the companies' failure to provide adequate notice was "willful and deliberate." insurancejournal.com 4/18/06

Troyk v. Farmers Group Insurance (Prematic Service Class-Action Case No. GIC836844) This lawsuit is about the service charges collected when a policyholder pays his or her Farmers automobile insurance premiums on a monthly basis. The Class Representative claims that, through Prematic Corporation (Farmers Insurance owns Prematic), Farmers improperly collected money for paying premium in installments. Here is the class action Farmers Insurance/Prematic Service Lawsuit Notice , First Amended Complaint, Farmers Insurance Class Action Summary Judgement and Website. 4/9/06

Class Action: According to court documents, the plaintiffs are suing "Farmers Insurance Company Inc., Farmers Group Inc., Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Underwriters Assoc., Fire Insurance Exchange and Mid-Century Insurance Company, seeking to recover statutory damages, costs and attorneys' fees based upon defendants' alleged willful violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act" (FCRA). The plaintiffs further allege that the companies' failure to provide adequate notice was "willful and deliberate." Insurance Journal 4/18/2006

Class Action: Victims from Tropical Storm and Hurricane Isabel file 2 Billion Fraud Suit against Farmers Insurance and other companies.  The lawsuit alleges deprivation of liberty and property without due process of law, insurance procurement fraud (deceit), claim adjustment fraud (deceit), tortious interference with contractual relations, and breach of contract.  The lawsuit in HTML.  See FemaInfo.us Site.

Class Action: Farmers Insurance Colossus Class Action Settlement

Class Action: Ashby alleges that FICO set the price for the insurance it offered him higher than the price it would have set if the information in his report had been more favorable, and that this constituted an "adverse action," as that term is defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). In addition, the plaintiff claims that FICO violated the FCRA by failing to provide him with an adverse action notice, as required by the Act. Notice of Pendency of Class Action. , FTC Press Release  , FTC Brief

Oregon Supreme Court rules against Farmers: "Oregon’s highest court has ruled against Farmers Insurance, saying the insurance company had no right to deduct the payouts an injured woman received from two other insurance sources." -Insurance Journal,December 7, 2004

Class Action in California: If you are insured by Farmers in California and you have purchased auto insurance for the first time, you may have been charged an allegedly improper "accident surcharge".  If you feel you qualify for damages or remedies that might be awarded in this case against Farmers Insurance see details at Ryan v. Farmers.  Plaintiff seeks to bring this as a class action.

Class Action in California: The suit alleges that Farmers and other insurance companies acted in bad faith, committed fraud and engaged in unfair and unlawful business practices by charging their insureds a full renewal premium for their homes and personal property that burned in last October’s Wildfires and no longer existed.  Plaintiff seeks to bring this as a class action.  See Details

Class Action in California: This lawsuit alleges that Farmers through its use of CCC Information Services or its predecessor Certified Collateral Corporation (CCC) valuations, underpays first party total loss claims by applying inappropriate condition adjustments etc.  See Johnson V. Farmers Insurance

Class Action in Nevada: This lawsuit alleges that Farmers uses valuations provided by CCC Information Services or its predecessor Certified Collateral Corporation (CCC) to adjust and settle first party total loss claims improperly, contrary to the provisions of the policy and the Nevada insurance regulation governing automobile total loss valuation, NAC 686A.680. See Pak V. Farmers Insurance or Pak V. Farmers Insurance (notice2)

Farmers has refused to pay! (what’s new?) "The Beardens claim that after numerous and reasonable requests to pay for the damage, Farmers has refused to pay and also has not offered any reasonable excuse."  Fire loss leads to suit against Farmers Insurance, June 30, 2005

Farmers Is Sued Over Auto Policies: "If you have one of these policies, Farmers might have shortchanged you," -Read More, LA Times, June 3, 2004  See also: Haynes v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

Farmers Agent Arraigned for Embezzlement.  "Locke embezzled and misappropriated more than $8 million in insurance premiums and failed to remit the premiums to Farmers."  See Story, Insurance Journal, September 19, 2005

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