Legal Opinion
Quynh Truong v. Allstate Insurance
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 4, 2010No. 31,013PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DANIELS, Justice.
{1} In this class action case, we are asked to determine the applicability of an exemption to the Unfair Practices Act (UPA), NMSA 1978, Sections 57-12-1 to -22 (1967, as amended through 1999), that bars UPA suits based on “actions or transactions expressly permitted under laws administered by a regulatory body of New Mexico.” Section 57-12-7 (emphasis added).
{2} Plaintiffs, a certified class of Allstate insureds, alleged in their complaint that Allstate had violated the UPA by using claims processing computer programs (hereinafter collectively referred to as…
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