Guest column: Suppliers of auto body shops should care about the BAR, protect brands in California
— July 16, 2015Editor’s note: Contributor Jack Molodanof will also be featured Nov. 6 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at
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Mass. auto body shops seek labor rates pegged to nearby states’
— July 16, 2015Faced with what it calls the lowest auto body labor rate in the country, a Massachusetts collision repair
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‘Disappointing’ Conn. decision leaves auto body shops 2 options: Change law, longshot U.S. Supreme Court appeal
— July 15, 2015Following a devastating reversal Monday of a nearly $34.8 million class-action ruling against the Hartford
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CT Supreme Court overturns $34.7 million ruling in class-action body shop suit against the Hartford
— July 13, 2015By Alicia Figurelli Greco Publishing The Connecticut Supreme Court has issued a verdict on the Hartford’s
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Seattle’s KOMO warns viewers about parking lot dent repair
— July 2, 2015Seattle TV station KOMO this week described how an attempt to save $215 through parking lot dent repair
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WMABA offers advice as Mich. senator introduces bill banning insurers from mandating parts vendors, systems
— July 2, 2015The Michigan Senate Insurance chairman on Wednesday introduced a bill to strip insurers of the power
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Shops object to dismissal recommendations for insurer suits in Mo., Ky., Penn., Wash., Ill., Va., Ariz., Ore., Mich., N.J., Calif., Ala.
— July 1, 2015Collision repairers in 12 states Monday challeged a judge’s recommendation that their 14 cases
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Shop outlines reasons for leaving Liberty Mutual DRP, alleged retaliation in new Utah suit
— June 22, 2015A Utah body shop describes why he left Liberty Mutual’s direct repair program in 2014 and allegedly
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R.I. Legislature passes bill separating collision repairers into A-, B-level shops
— June 17, 2015A bill creating two levels of collision repairers and requiring the top tier to have OEM steel and
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Tenn. lawsuit: Insurer employee states rate ‘whatever State Farm wants it to be’
— June 16, 2015A new version of a lawsuit filed by Tennessee body shops against the country’s largest insurers
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