If You Made a Claim with Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company for Total Vehicle Loss, a Class Action Lawsuit May Affect Your Rights
A COURT AUTHORIZED THIS NOTICE.
THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FROM A LAWYER.
YOU ARE NOT BEING SUED.
- Certain insureds of Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company (“Louisiana Farm Bureau”) in the State of Louisiana, Joseph Gautreaux, Wilfred Meaux, Yvette Beauchamp, and Susan Lagneaux, allege Louisiana Farm Bureau paid them and others similarly situated, less for their total loss of vehicles than the amount they were entitled under their insurance policies.
- The Court has allowed the lawsuit to proceed as a class action on behalf of all named Louisiana Farm Bureau insureds who received payment for total loss motor vehicles located in the State of Louisiana, under the terms of their collision automobile insurance policy with Farm Bureau, utilizing the Mitchell Work Center Total Loss (WCTL) system, from July 1, 2013 to April 1, 2020.
- The Court has not decided whether Louisiana Farm Bureau did anything wrong. There is no money available now and no certainty there will be. However, your legal rights are impacted and you have a choice to make now:
| YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS LAWSUIT: | |
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DO NOTHING |
Stay in this lawsuit. Await the outcome. Give up certain rights. By doing nothing, you keep the possibility of getting money or benefits that may come from a trial or a settlement in this case. But you give up any right to sue Louisiana Farm Bureau separately on any claim that is or could have been included in in this lawsuit. |
Exclude Yourself |
Get out of this lawsuit. Get no benefits from it. Keep your rights. If you ask to be excluded from the lawsuit and money or benefits are later awarded, you won’t share in those. But you keep any right to sue Louisiana Farm Bureau separately on the claims in this lawsuit. |
- These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained in this Notice.
- Claims against Louisiana Farm Bureau must be proven. If money or other benefits are obtained from Louisiana Farm Bureau, you will be notified about how those benefits will be distributed to you.