Top Service Body Shop, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance

Plaintiff, the operator of an automobile body repair shop in Coos Bay, Oregon, sued defendant insurance company for general and punitive damages for injuries alleged to result from defendant’s wrongful practices in directing insurance claimants to have repairs made at body shops other than plaintiff’s. The complaint pleaded causes of action grounded in two theories: First, tortious interference with plaintiff’s business, and second, inducement of other body shops to accord defendant discriminatory price advantages prohibited by statute. On the second claim plaintiff also requested an…