UPDATE: On April 22, 2025, the Court entered the Final Order and Judgment, approving the Settlement.

Settlement Information

A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit about (a) whether Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company (“Louisiana Farm Bureau”) improperly valued and/or adjusted total loss automobile damage insurance claims for automobile insurance policyholders for less than Louisiana Farm Bureau was required by law or contract to pay, and (b) the extent of Louisiana Farm Bureau’s liability with respect thereto. In the class action, it was alleged that Louisiana Farm Bureau improperly undervalued total loss insurance claims by utilizing a total loss valuation system provided by Mitchell International, Inc. to value such claims instead of basing its evaluation of such claims upon values derived from materials published by NADA or Kelly Blue Book. Louisiana Farm Bureau Company does not admit liability but wishes to avoid the costs, expenses, and uncertainties of this complex litigation.

Who Is a Class Member?

The Court has specifically decided that the Class Members include:

All persons insured by Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company who have made a claim for first party total loss, which claim Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company evaluated using Mitchell Work Center Total Loss, from July 1, 2013, to April 1, 2020.

More specifically, the “Class” or “Class Members” or “Members of the Class” or “Member of the Class” or “Class Definition” or “Class as Defined” shall mean and refer to those individuals previously identified collectively possessing the right to 13,975 claims and to whom Notice was provided informing them or certification of this class and who did not exercise the right to opt out of the litigation after the publication of the initial class notice.

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