Forms, documents and laws relating to collision repair. All documents are stored in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format.
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Illinois Law and Statute
Illinois Automotive Collision Repair Act
Illinois Automotive Repair Act (mechanical)
Sale of Unclaimed Property Act
Forms and Reference
IL. Dept. of Insurance letter recommending tort action
Non-Profit Collision related association tax returns
Garage Liability Coverage Request
Transcript on material capping with IDOI
Guide to Illinois Small Claims Court
Estimate items commonly missed
Dept. of Insurance Complaint Form
GAO Imitation Body Parts Report
NCOIL hearing transcript on parts bill
Allianze Insurance Aftermarket Parts Study
Aftermarket Parts photos of defects
Aftermarket parts brochure submitted to NCOIL
OEM Position Statements
GM Engineering report on A/M parts
Ford Position Statement re: "clipping"
Ford Position Statements re: Parts, Safety, Wheels
GM Position Statement re: "clipping"
GM Position Statement re: Wheel repair
Chrysler LLC Position on Parts and Sectioning
Chrysler LLC Position on Heat during repair
Honda Position re: sectioning / clipping
Toyota Position Statement re: sectioning / clipping
I-Car e-mail re: clipping and standards
State Farm Letter RE: Clipping
Chicago Tribune article on Clipping
DRP Related Documents
Eversman - Blumental letters and article
Farmers Price setting to glass shops
Allied Supervisor anti-trust seminar
MIST reference in claims manual
State Farm Select Service Agreement
State Farm draft of Select Service Document
Legal Cases
Ebert v. State Farm Trial Transcript
Mike West (Progressive v. Coccaro)
Nationwide Insurance Response Brief
State Farm v. Olsen (Hail Restoration)
Hail Restoration Final Judgement
1963 Consent Decree 209.4K pdf
1963 Consent Decree Final Judgement 9.7K pdf
Proctor 1972 Antitrust filing against insurers
1987 Insurance reference to '63 Decree 13.9K pdf
Avery v. State Farm Appellate Decision 996.1K pdf
Gurman v. Center A/B - Liberty Mutual 112.7K pdf
New Jersey "Anti-capping" Memo
Proctor et al v. State Farm et al Feb. 9, 1972
Dick Purdue, Charles Frailey, Constance Frailey vs. Country Mutual Settlement Hearing
Misc.
CIC Report on Estimate Fraud pdf
Erica Eversman testimony re: MFA pdf
J.D.Power satisfaction survey 81.0K pdf
Parts Crash Test Photos 232.5K pdf
College Paper by Jake Ebert MS Word
Historical Articles and Documents
1975 Letter to Ed Rust from ABF of the Empire State
1980 SF "Survey or Price Setting?"
1995 Allstate "PRO" direct repair agreement
1988 Letter from ASA Randall to SF Mecherle
Parts and Equipment 1996 "Merwin" article
1969 Trade Show Article 16.0K pdf
Congressional Record 1970 10.2K MS Word
Antitrust Hearing 1975 10.8K pdf
Insurance Article on Collision groups 1975 8.3K pdf
Country Companies Insurance Settlement 2001 22.3K pdf
YihSheng Hood Recall Notice MS Word
State Farm Agent letter to shop pdf
Aftermarket Parts Photos and comparisons
Parts and Industry documents 1985-2002
Wall Street Journal 1998 - Insurers Fight Controls
Consumer Reports 1999 - Imitation Parts 4.5MB pdf
Shop Humor
Aftermarket Parts Box Warning Label