Federal Judge In Alabama Approves Service Awards After Insurance Breach Settlement

(November 15, 2023, 2:34 PM EST) -- SELMA, Ala. — An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling prohibiting class representative service awards does not bar the granting of service awards in a diversity jurisdiction case where the claims are based on state law, a federal judge in Alabama ruled more than a year after a class settlement was approved in a case accusing an insurer of improperly applying depreciation to labor and non-material costs for Alabama property damage claims....