A class action settlement involving Farmers automobile insurance may provide payments to those who submitted medical claims and medical providers who were assigned benefits if such claims were adjusted.
A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against Farmers Insurance Company, Inc., Farmers Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, Mid-Century Insurance Company, Farmers Group, Inc., and Illinois Farmers Insurance Company (collectively “Farmers Insurance” or “Farmers” or “Defendants”) pending in the District Court of Canadian County, State of Oklahoma (styled In Re Farmers Med-Pay Litigation, Case No. CJ-2004-559) alleging, among other things, that Farmers Insurance improperly failed to pay, in whole or in part, reasonable expenses for necessary medical services under the Med-pay and/or PIP coverages in their automobile Policies related to automobile accidents based on Farmers’ use of certain systems and procedures to assist in adjusting claims for payment of Med-pay or PIP Benefits, according to the Farmers Insurance Company, Farmers Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, Mid-Century Insurance Company and Farmers Group Automobile Medpay & PIP Coverage Benefit class action lawsuit settlement notice.
The Farmers Insurance Automobile Medpay & PIP Coverage Benefits class action lawsuit settlement class reportedly includes the following persons, unless otherwise excluded:
(1) All Persons in the United States who:
(a) were injured in an automobile accident;
(b) submitted a claim to Farmers for payment of medical bills under Med-pay or PIP coverage in a Policy;
(c) had their claim adjusted from January 1, 2001 through February 9, 2009 based upon a recommended reduction from Zurich Services Corporation (“ZSC”) relating in any way to reasonable expenses for necessary medical services;
(d) were paid by Farmers or their medical providers were paid by Farmers an amount less than the amount of the submitted medical expenses; and
(e) were paid and/or their medical providers were paid by Farmers a total, combined amount less than the Med-pay or PIP policy limit stated in the Policy under which the claim was submitted; and
(2) All medical providers and entities who, by written assignment, have the right to assert the claims described in (1).
The Farmers Insurance Automobile Medpay & PIP Coverage Benefits Settlement Class Members who submit a Valid Claim Form can reportedly receive 60% of the difference between the amount of the bills submitted to Farmers for Med-pay and/or PIP claims and the amount paid by Farmers based upon a recommended reduction from Zurich Services Corporation ZSC relating in any way to reasonable expenses for necessary medical services. Denials or reductions for duplicate bills or exhaustion of policy limits are reportedly excluded, and claims payments are subject to the terms of the Stipulation of Settlement and the applicable policy limit. The initial validity of all claims will reportedly be determined by Farmers claims personnel and/or claims personnel retained by Farmers pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Stipulation of Settlement.
To ask for a payment, settlement class members must complete and submit a Claim Form by December 29, 2011. Class members who wish to exclude themselves from the settlement must reportedly do so by October 29, 2011. The deadline to object to the settlement is reportedly October 29, 2011.
The Court has scheduled a Fairness Hearing at 9:30 a.m. on November 29, 2011, in Courtroom 1 in the Courthouse for the District Court of Canadian County, Oklahoma, located at 301 N. Choctaw, El Reno, OK 73036, before the Honorable Judge Gary E. Miller, or any judge sitting in his place.
For more information on the Farmers Insurance Automobile Medpay & PIP Coverage Benefits class action settlement, visit the Farmers Med-Pay Litigation class action settlement website:
www.MedPayClaimsAdministration.com
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