Legal Question in Insurance Law in Pennsylvania

users parts in car repair

There's a specific section of the PA insurance code dealing with this. And unfortunately I just lost a class action against ALlstate which argued that the particular language of the Allstate policy required them to pay for new parts.

The code provision basically says that if used parts are specified, the estimate should say where they can be found. If you want new parts, then the adjuster should give you the option of paying the difference. The idea is that you're entitled to have the car put in the pre-accident condition, but not better than it was. As if!! (that might really happen).

Call my office if you'd like more info about these regs.

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