Baier v. State Farm Insurance

Plaintiff, an attorney, brought this class action on his own behalf and on behalf of all persons similarly situated against defendants, State Farm and Allstate Insurance Companies. He is seeking to recover reasonable attorney’s fees which were denied him by defendants after he had allegedly obtained a recovery for State Farm on its subrogated medical payments claim. Defendants filed motions for summary judgment based on the pleadings and plaintiff’s deposition, and after a hearing the court entered summary judgments against plaintiff. Plaintiffs motion for reconsideration, supported by…