State farm released a statement to nbc 5 saying.
Body shop lawsuit for roof.
A texas jury just awarded a couple severely injured in a crash 42 million because their vehicle a 2010 honda fit had been improperly repaired by a collision center.
Texas couple seeks 1m from body shop that glued car roof.
The suit cites honda s 2008 13.
Instead of welding the roof.
According to john eagle s body shop director boyce willis state farm wouldn t pay the shop unless the repair was done according to its specifications as opposed to honda s.
Tracy and the seebachans have refiled a lawsuit against state farm for its alleged role in influencing the roof repair which used an adhesive instead of being welded.
Experts for the plaintiffs said in court documents that the severity of the crash and the seebachans injuries were the result of the body shop adhesive bonding the fit s roof during a 8 500.
Their lawyer argues that this outcome which barely avoided being the worst case scenario was due to a body shop performing sub standard work.
The couple s attorney todd tracy claims the insurance giant forced the body shop to use the adhesive rather than welding the roof.
Lawsuit alleges that a domino effect of structural failures was set off after the collision due to the metal roof being glued.
The lawyer for the crash victims asserts that insurer pressure to cut costs caused the body shop to fix the car s roof with glue rather than oem specified welds.