FLORIDA CASE
December 1st, 2002
BY PHILIP FINE
The US insurance industry is appealing against a decision by a Florida court that gave the go-ahead for a countrywide class-action suit over rules forcing policy-holders to repair cars with generic spares. The county's four principal insurance associations claim a successful lawsuit would contravene the jurisdictional right of each state to manage their own insurance.
The Alliance of American Insurers, the American Insurance Association (AIA), the National Association of Independent Insurers and the National Association of Mutual Insurers, are ...
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