CAMPFIELD v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

Nos. 06-1442, 06-1467, 06-1469.

532 F.3d 1111 (2008)

Richard CAMPFIELD, individual, d/b/a Ultra Bond Licensing, d/b/a Ultra Bond Windshield Repair and Replacement; Ultra Bond, Inc., a California corporation authorized to do business in Colorado, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation; Lynx Services, L.L.C., formerly known as Lynx Services from PPG. L.L.C., a Kansas limited liability company, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd L. Vriesman, Montgomery, Kolodny, Amatuzio & Dusbabek, LLP, Denver, CO (Robert L. Allman and John P. Mitzner, Allman & Mitzner, LLC, Denver, CO, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael S. McCarthy, Faegre & Benson, LLP, Denver, CO, (John D. Shively, Heather Carson Perkins, Nadia G. Malik, Faegre & Benson, LLP, Denver, CO, with him on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellee State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company.

Richard F. Paciaroni, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, (Gary Parish, Sander Ingebretson & Parish, Denver, CO, and Jason L. Richey, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, with him on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellee Lynx Services, LLC.

Before MURPHY, SEYMOUR and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.


McCONNELL, Circuit Judge.

Richard Campfield is both an owner of an auto-glass repair shop and the holder of fourteen patents for processes to repair or prevent windshield cracks. He believes, contrary to industry practice, that it is feasible—indeed, safer—to repair many windshield cracks between six and eighteen inches long rather than to replace the windshield. In 2003, apparently exasperated with his lack of success in persuading auto insurance companies...

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