QUALITY AUTO PAINTING v. STATE FARM INDEMNITY CO.

No. 15-14160, No. 15-14162, No. 15-14178, No. 15-14179, No. 15-14180.

917 F.3d 1249 (2019)

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.

March 4, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff , Shurtleff Law Firm, Salt Lake City, UT, Joshua S. Bauchner , Ansell Grimm & Aaron, Clifton, NJ, John Arthur Eaves, Jr. , Eaves Law Firm, LLC, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Elizabeth Helmer , Michael P. Kenny , Alston & Bird, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Johanna W. Clark , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Hal Kemp Litchford , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Orlando, FL, Michael L. McCluggage , Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees State Farm Indemnity Company, State Farm Guaranty Insurance Company.

Jeffrey S. Cashdan , Claire Carothers Oates , King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Kymberly Kochis , Michael R. Nelson , Francis X. Nolan, IV , Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, New York, NY, Hal Kemp Litchford , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Orlando, FL, for Defendants-Appellees Progressive Freedom Insurance Company, Progressive Garden State Insurance Company.

Lori J. Caldwell , Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell, PA, Orlando, FL, Richard L. Fenton , Mark L. Hanover , Dentons US, LLP, Chicago, IL, Bonnie Lau , Dentons US LLP, San Francisco, CA, Hal Kemp Litchford , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Orlando, FL, for Defendants-Appellees Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company.

Michael Hiram Carpenter , Carpenter Lipps & Leland, LLP, Columbus, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.

Hal Kemp Litchford , Kyle Allen Diamantas , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Orlando, FL, Amelia W. Koch , Baker Donelson, PC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee United Services Automobile Association.

Seth A. Schmeeckle , Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, Marjorie Salazar , Lugenbuhl Wheaton Peck Rankin & Hubbard, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Hanover Insurance Company.

Eric Hochstadt , David L. Yohai , Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees 21st Century Centennial Insurance Company, 21st Century Assurance Company, 21st Century Pinnacle Insurance.

Dan W. Goldfine , Ian M. Fischer , Joshua Grabel , Jamie L. Halavais , Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Leah Ward Sears , Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees GEICO Casualty Company, GEICO Indemnity Company.

Dan W. Goldfine , Ian M. Fischer , Joshua Grabel , Jamie L. Halavais , Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant-Appellee Government Employees Insurance Company.

Michael Edward Mumford , Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Cleveland, OH, for Defendants-Appellees Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Mid-Atlantic Insurance Company, Liberty Insurance Company, LM Insurance Corporation.

Kyle Allen Diamantas , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Orlando, FL, Amelia W. Koch , Baker Donelson, PC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees USAA Casualty Insurance Company, USAA General Indemnity Company.

Richard L. Fenton , Dentons US, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company.

Richard L. Fenton , Dentons US, LLP, Chicago, IL, Lori J. Caldwell , Rumberger Kirk & Caldwell, PA, Orlando, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Allstate New Jersey Property and Casualty Insurance Company.

Thomas G. Rohback , Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider, LLP, Hartford, CT, for Defendants-Appellees Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest, Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company, Hartford Fire Insurance Company.

Cory L. Andrews , Washington Legal Foundation, Mark J. Botti , Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Washington, DC, Eric Hochstadt , John P. Mastando, III , Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY, David John Barthel , Michael Beekhuizen , Michael Hiram Carpenter , Carpenter Lipps & Leland, LLP, Columbus, OH, Kyle Allen Diamantas , Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Orlando, FL, Ian M. Fischer , Dan W. Goldfine , Joshua Grabel , Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, Dan W. Goldfine , Steven F. Griffith, Jr. , Amelia W. Koch , Baker Donelson, PC, New Orleans, LA, Michael Edward Mumford , Ernest Eugene Vargo , Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Cleveland, OH, Thomas G. Rohback , Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider, LLP, Hartford, CT, for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation Service.

Adam Granich Unikowsky , Jenner & Block, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, JORDAN, NEWSOM, BRANCH, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


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