11th Circuit Affirms Judgment For Repair Shop In GEICO Repair Act Fraud Suit

( October 17, 2024, 11:37 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — After the Florida Supreme Court answered in the negative questions regarding whether violations under the Florida Motor Vehicle Repair Act, including failure to provide a written estimate, preclude a repair shop from receiving payment from an insurance company, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s judgment dismissing a claim and granting summary judgment to the repair shop on the remaining claims, partially due to GEICO’s concession that the complaint fails upon a judicial determination that “alleged Repair Act violations do not void the repair invoice.”...