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Judge Allows Safelite to Amend Connecticut Lawsuit to Seek Attorneys’ Fees
Judge Joan Margolis has granted Safelite Group’s request to amend its Connecticut complaint over an Act Concerning Automotive Glass Work (Public Act 13-67) to seek reimbursement of attorneys’ fees. She has also set a schedule for the dispute to play out in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut.
Posted in glassBYTEs Original Story
Tagged AGRR, AGRR magazine, Anti-Steering Law, Connecticut, glassBYTEs.com, Judge Joan Margolis, Safelite
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Four AGRR Companies File Motions to Quash Safelite Subpoenas
Binswanger Glass, Action Auto Glass, Auto Glass of New England and Goulet Glass, doing business as Sullivan Glass, have all filed motions to quash document and witness subpoenas from Columbus, Ohio-based Safelite over Connecticut’s anti-steering law.
Safelite Amends Connecticut Complaint to Seek Attorney Costs
Safelite Group Inc. and Safelite Solutions LLC have moved for leave to file a first-amended complaint over Connecticut’s anti-steering law in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut. The changes in the amended complaint include switching much of the phrasing to past tense since the law, Public Act 13-67 (a Connecticut Act Concerning Automotive Glass Work), has gone into effect. However, Safelite is also now seeking reimbursement of attorneys’ fees.
IGA Latest Served with Safelite Subpoena, Responds with Objection
Safelite and Safelite Solutions served a subpoena on the Independent Glass Association (IGA) requesting all documents relating to Public Act 13-67 (a Connecticut Act Concerning Automotive Glass Work), all documents relating to plaintiffs’ communications with policyholders and how they refer policyholders to automotive glass repair shops and all documents concerning any automotive glass claims administrator. The IGA responded by sending Safelite a letter objecting to the subpoena, writing “The IGA presently has no members in the State of Connecticut and has had none for the entire time period identified in the document demand accompanying the subpoena.”
Updated: Attorney Representing a Connecticut AGRR Company Responds to Safelite Subpoena
Attorney Stephen Wright of Goldman Gruder & Woods is representing three AGRR companies in Connecticut that have been subpoenaed for records and communications by Columbus, Ohio-based Safelite over the state’s anti-steering law. “It’s my belief that Safelite subpoened every glass shop that supported the legislation [Public Act 13-67—an Act Concerning Automotive Glass Work],” says Andre Santamaria, owner of Auto Glass of New England, whose Hamden, Conn., location was served.
Lynx Services Files Motion to Quash Subpoena from Safelite in Connecticut Anti-Steering Case
Lynx Services has filed a motion in the U.S. Western District Court of Pennsylvania to quash a subpoena served on the company by Safelite Group and Safelite Solutions involving the Connecticut lawsuit over the state’s new anti-steering law. “The subpoena demands the production of documents that go to the very heart of Lynx’s business operations,” according to court documents filed by Lynx.
Posted in glassBYTEs Original Story
Tagged AGRR, AGRR magazine, Anti-Steering Law, glassBYTEs.com, LYNX Services, Safelite
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Marshals Serve Subpoenas on Connecticut Automotive Glass Companies over Anti-Steering Law Dispute
U.S. marshals served subpoenas from Safelite on many automotive glass company owners in Connecticut this week for information related to its legal effort to halt enforcement of PA 13-67 (An Act Concerning Automotive Glass Work), according to the Connecticut Attorney General’s office and glassBYTEs.com™ reader reports.
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Tagged AGRR, AGRR magazine, Anti-Steering Law, Connecticut, CT, glassBYTEs.com, Jaclyn Falkowski, Jim Amann, Safelite, Subpoenas
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More Steering Allegations Against Automotive Glass Company
The NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters investigated steering allegations against of a nation-wide automotive glass repair company on Monday.
By the next morning, business owners from around Connecticut to as far away as Illinois started coming forward with similar allegations against The Safelite Group LLC and their affiliated companies.
Posted in Linked Story w/Video
Tagged Anti-Steering Law, Connecticut, Steering Allegations
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AGRR Industry Reacts to NBC Connecticut’s Investigative Report on Anti-Steering Law
An investigative report aired late last night that covers the state’s new anti-steering law for automotive glass claims on NBC Connecticut. The report centered on a Connecticut resident who alleges he was steered to Safelite AutoGlass by Safelite Solutions (a third-party automotive glass claims administrator) and AGRR company owners in the state allege this situation is not new.
Posted in glassBYTEs Original Story
Tagged AGRR, AGRR magazine, Anti-Steering Law, CT, George Colli, glassBYTEs.com, NBC Connecticut, Safelite
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Hearing Held in Appellate Court Today over Connecticut Anti-Steering Law
Safelite’s attorneys told the panel of three judges for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Court that the company is following the new Connecticut law, PA 13-67, and that it hasn’t changed the amount of referrals.
AGRR Industry Supports Connecticut Judge’s Decision in Anti-Steering Case
Several automotive glass repair and replacement company owners are calling the judge’s decision to deny Safelite’s motion for a preliminary injunction in the Connecticut anti-steering case a “victory.” Safelite had asked the Connecticut U.S. District Court to put enforcement of PA 13-67 on hold while it challenges the new anti-steering law in the courts.