Archive of Documents

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) 

    Improper Claims Practice Act  

    Business Trade Practices Act  

    Insurance Regulation Sec.919  

    Lien Act (small amount)  

    Labor and Storage Liens  

    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  

    Salvage Vehicle Tracking Form  

    Supplement Verification Form  

    GAO Imitation Body Parts Report  

    CIC Best Practices Guidelines  

    True2Form A/M parts survey  

    Farmers COD memo to agents  

    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

     Allstate Letter RE: Clipping

     Chicago Tribune article on Clipping

DRP Related Documents

     ASA DRP Survey     

      Allstate PDR Memo

     Eversman - Blumental letters and article

     Farmers Price setting to glass shops

     Allied Supervisor anti-trust seminar

     MIST reference in claims manual

     Progressive DRP agreement

     Liberty Mutual QRP Form

     Liberty Mutual Checklist

     State Farm Select Service Agreement

    SF Select Service Addendum

    SF Agent Talking Points

    State Farm draft of Select Service Document

    USAA STARS DRP Manual

    

Legal Cases

Nationwide v. Anderson

    Aljets Automotive, Inc.; Knebel Automotive Center, Inc.; Bill Ebert and Wade Ebert, Individually and d/b/a American Auto Body; Gass' Body and Chassis Service, Inc.; Mick's Auto Body, Inc.; Mark Pierson and Pam Pierson, Individually, and d/b/a Princeton Auto Body; and Randazzo Gallary Collision Center, Inc.   v.   Country Mutual Insurance Company, Inc. and Country Preferred Insurance Company

    Ebert v. State Farm Trial Transcript

    Wilks v. Pep Boys Labor case

    Teleglas v. AMICA Insurance

     Mike West (Progressive v. Coccaro)

     Allstate Groebner case

     MQVP Appellant Brief

     Cogswell - Diamond Chapter 11

     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 archive

    Avery v. State Farm Appellate Decision 996.1K pdf

    Gurman v. Center A/B - Liberty Mutual 112.7K pdf

    Mockmore v. Stone 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.

     Allstate "PDR memo"

    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

    Mike Causey article

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

     Classic Cartoon