PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to share in the $9,500,000 jury verdict reached in Multnomah County Court in Strawn v. Farmers Insurance Co. (No. 9908-0908), class members and eligible healthcare providers must mail their claims no later than December 6, 2004.
In December 2003, a Multnomah County jury returned a verdict in a class action suit against Farmers Insurance for a fraudulent practice that targeted thousands of Oregon auto insurance policyholders. Class members include any person who made a personal injury ("PIP") claim with Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon, Mid-Century Insurance Company or Truck Insurance Exchange whose claim payment was reduced for Reason Code "RC40" or "B2" between January 26, 1998 and July 31, 1999. Class members and their healthcare providers with approved claims will be paid the reductions plus interest. In addition, class members will share in the $8,000,000 punitive damages award. Each share is estimated to be $207 per person).
Almost 9,000 claims forms were mailed out on August 4, 2004 to all known class members and their healthcare providers. However, only about 3,000 claimants have responded to date.
A final effort to contact all individuals and healthcare providers who may share in the $9.5 million Strawn verdict starts this week. This effort, being supervised by Class Counsel at Landye Bennett Blumstein, will include one more mailing and thousands of calls to class members and eligible medical providers who have not responded to date.
This is the final opportunity for eligible individuals to file a claim for money in this case. In order to be eligible to receive any money, individuals and healthcare providers MUST act today by submitting a claim, which can be found at http://www.farmerspipclaims.com/ or by calling 1-800-245-5097. The claim must be postmarked by December 6, 2004, in order to receive money from the Strawn verdict.
Landye Bennett Blumstein LLPCONTACT: Richard S. Yugler of Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP,+1-503-224-4100
Web site: http://www.farmerspipclaims.com/