Freedom Medical Supply, Inc. v. American Independent Insurance

GLAZER, J.,

Over the last 15 years, this trial court1 has hosted a series of class actions brought by medical providers against various insurance companies that neglected to pay statutorily mandated interest on late reimbursement payments under the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (“MVFRL”).2 The MVFRL applies to medical services provided to people injured in auto accidents. It requires that an insurer pay claims within 30 days after it is billed properly by a medical provider or that it pay interest on the amount it does not pay timely.3

One of the earlier of this court’s medical…