A recent class action settlement reached with Allstate sets up a cash compensation fund to pay class members who were allegedly denied valid insurance claims. Lead plaintiff Folweiler Chiropractic asserts numerous Allstate defendants failed to promptly pay claims made for specified medical expenses covered under Allstate insurance policies issued in the State of Washington. Folweiler alleges Allstate inaccurately relied on a “computerized bill review process to determine how much it should pay in response to certain claims for coverage under the PIP and Med Pay provisions of its Washington state health plans.” Patients and healthcare providers might qualify for class membership under the agreement reached between Allstate and the plaintiffs of the class action lawsuit.
Class counsel recently released the names of all of the Allstate business subsidiaries that encompass the legal entity “Allstate.” The complete list of defendants includes “Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance Company, Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Indemnity Company, Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Allstate Vehicle and Property Insurance Company, Northbrook Indemnity Company, Allstate County Mutual Insurance Company, Deerbrook Insurance Company, Encompass Insurance Company, Encompass Insurance Company of America and Encompass Indemnity Company.”
What You Need To Know
The Allstate class action settlement provides compensation to two categories of class members: patients and health care providers. To learn more about the compensation of each category of class membership, visits the class action settlement website at www.FolweilerSettlement.com. Under the terms of the class action settlement, Allstate must pay the medical bills for all eligible patients between February 1, 2017 and February 1, 2020. The potential award varies, as court documents reveal that Allstate “will be required to pay 135 percent of the difference between the amount of the bill originally submitted and the amount Allstate paid for that bill. If both an insured person and a care provider make valid claims over the same bill, Allstate will pay 67.5 percent of the difference to each of those claimants.”
Eligible class members only have to submit a valid and timely claim form; no proof of insurance coverage is required. The deadline to file a claim form is July 13, 2017. Folweiler Chiropractic PS v. Allstate Fire & Casualty Ins. Co. and Allstate Ins. Co., Case No. 15-2-25375-1 SEA, in the Superior Court for King County, Washington conducted the final hearing for the class action settlement on April 14, 2017.
David Breskin and Brendan Donckers of Breskin Johnson & Townsend represent the plaintiffs in the Allstate class action settlement. The defense counsel includes Gavin W. Skok and Travis Dailey of Riddell Williams PS, as well as Steven M. Levy, who works as an attorney for Dentons US LLP.
