UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTMIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDAORLANDO DIVISION Case No. 6:17-cv-890-orl-18KRS
In the case of Sos v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, plaintiffs filed a putative class action involving an alleged breach of insurance obligation to pay sales tax or tag and title fees owed to State Farm insureds for their total loss leased vehicles. The District Court granted class certification agreeing with two other decisions in nearly identical cases against Geico Insurance Company, Roth v. Geico General and Jones v. Government Employees Insurance Co., that class certification was appropriate. State Farm’s attempts to appeal the District Court’s class certification order to the 11th Circuit was then rejected. The District Court later granted summary judgment in favor of Sos and the class, finding that State Farm owed sales tax based on the actual cash value of the insured vehicle at the time of loss, tag and title transfer fees as well as prejudgment interest. Final judgment was ultimately entered in the amount of $5,338,260.47.