QUALITY AUTO PAINTING v. STATE FARM INDEMNITY CO.

Nos. 15-14160, 15-14162, 15-14178, 15-14179, 15-14180.

870 F.3d 1262 (2017)

QUALITY AUTO PAINTING CENTER OF ROSELLE, INC., Traded as Prestige Auto Body, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE FARM INDEMNITY COMPANY, State Farm Guaranty Insurance Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Ultimate Collision Repair, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State Farm Indemnity Company, State Farm Guaranty Insurance Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Campbell County Auto Body, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Lee Pappas Body Shop, Inc., David C. Brosius, d.b.a. Martins Auto Body Works, Inc., Art Walker Auto Services, Inc., Whiteford Collision and Refinishing, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Concord Auto Body, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

(September 7, 2017).


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison P. Fry , John Arthur Eaves, Jr. , Eaves Law Office, Jackson, MS, Mark L. Shurtleff , Shurtleff Law Firm, Salt Lake City, UT, Joshua S. Bauchner , Ansell Grimm & Aaron, Clifton, NJ, Van Bunch, Eric David Zard , Tonna K. Farrar , Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint, PC, Phoenix, AZ, David A. Futscher , Parry Deering Futscher & Sparks, PSC, Covington, KY, Peter Andrew Miller , Miller Legal, LLC, Charlottesville, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Elizabeth Helmer , Michael P. Kenny , Tiffany Lynne Powers , Alston & Bird, LLP, Jeffrey S. Cashdan , Claire Carothers Oates , Christine Alice Hopkinson, King & Spalding, LLP, John P. Hutchins , LeClair-Ryan , Atlanta, GA, Johanna W. Clark , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Hal Kemp Litchford , Kyle Allen Diamantas , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Orlando, FL, Michael L. McCluggage , Eimer Stahl LLP, Richard L. Fenton , Mark L. Hanover , Dentons US, LLP, Timothy J. Rooney , Winston & Strawn, LLP, Chicago, IL, Kymberly Kochis , Michael R. Nelson , Francis X. Nolan , Eversheds Sutherland (US)LLP, Eric Hochstadt , David L. Yohai , John P. Mastando, III , Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, Michael B. de Leeuw , Cozen O'Connor , New York, NY, Michael J. Kurtis , Nelson Levine de Luca & Horst, Blue Bell, PA, Lori J. Caldwell , Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell, PA, Winter Park, FL, Bonnie Lau , Dentons US LLP, San Francisco, CA, Michael Hiram Carpenter , Carpenter Lipps & Leland, LLP, Joseph Edward Ezzie , Michael Scott McIntyre, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Columbus, OH, Amelia W. Koch , Baker Donelson, PC, Seth A. Schmeeckle , Lugenbull Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, Steven F. Griffith, Jr. , Baker Donelson, PC, New Orleans, LA, Marjorie Salazar , Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, Houston, TX, Dan W. Golclfine , Ian M. Fischer , Joshua Grabel , Jamie L. Halavais , Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, LLP, Paul Bruce Converse , Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Michael Edward Mumford , Ernest Eugene Vargo , Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Jeffery D. Ubersax , Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Thomas G. Rohback , Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider, LLP, Hartford, CT, David T. Klapheke , Boehl Stcpher & Graves — Louisville KY, Robert L. Steinmetz , Gwin Steinmetz & Baird, PLLC, Louisville, KY, Lori M. McAllister , Dykema Gossett, PLLC, Lansing, MI, Robert Bradley Best , Jonathan Stuart Masters , Hal K. Best , Holcomb Dunbar Watts Best Masters & Golmon, PA, Oxford, MS, Matthew C. Blickensderfer , Frost Brown & Todd, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, Robert Francis Reklaitis , LeClair-Ryan , Washington, DC, Edward Keenan Cottrell , Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonvile, FL, Elizabeth S. Skilling , Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Glen Allen, VA, Kenneth F. Hardt , Sinnott Nuckols & Logan, PC, Midlothian, VA, Thomas A. French , Rhoads & Sinon, LLP, Harrisburg, PA, Daniel Wilke , Wilke & Wilke, PC, Steven Howard Schwartz , Brown & James, PC, St. Louis, MO, Michael S. McCarthy , Heather Carson Perkins , Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP, Denver, CO, Ryan Hurley , Sarah Jenkins , Kathy L. Osborn , Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WILSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and ROTHSTEIN, District Judge.


Automobile body shops filed five complaints, each asserting federal antitrust and state tort claims against insurance companies. The body shops appeal the dismissal of their complaints for failure to state a claim.

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