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Robert J. Forrest
131 E. 5th St.
Ottumwa, IA
Karen Sue Kopitsky
112 East 3rd Street
Ottumwa, IA
Russell Henry Rigdon III
641-777-4092
330 West Second Street
Ottumwa, IA
Arthur John Anderson Jr
1917 FRUITWOOD
BATAVIA, IA
Justin K Swaim
641-664-1983
108 E JEFFERSON ST
BLOOMFIELD, IA
Kenneth August Duker
P.O. Box 616, 345 North Court
Ottumwa, IA
John Rendall Webber III
129 W. 4th Street, P.O. Box 250
Ottumwa, IA
Curtis A Nordhougen
116 36th Ave South Circle
Moorhead, MN
Joseph Francis Starcevic
641-932-7802
13 South Clinton Street, P.O. Box 576
Albia, IA
Simplot , Heather M. - Harrison, Morelan
(641) 682-8326
129 West Fourth Street
Ottumwa, IA
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Unauthorized Practice of the Law: Are You Guilty?

Watch out when negotiating with insurance companies and appraisers.

By James Lynas
8/1/2003

If you run a body shop and you negotiate with insurance companies, you'd better be a bar-licensed lawyer. If you're an insurance appraiser and you negotiate contracts of repair or tort settlements, you'd better be an actual attorney as well. Otherwise, you could be doing something illegal called the Unauthorized Practice of Law or UPL.

  1. There are two basic sides to this issue, and both revolve around the insurance industry's hands-on participation in the repair process. Legal boundaries are being crossed when a repair shop and insurance company conduct direct negotiations with each other in relation to a consumer's vehicle. Do shops cross the line of UPL when they negotiate the insurance or tort claim?

  2. Do insurance companies cross the line when they negotiate the legal contract of repair on behalf of the car owner? I believe they do. Are You a Lawyer? We've all heard the term, "Jail House Lawyer," but what about "Body Shop Lawyer?" Unless you're a bar-licensed lawyer, you cannot represent anyone's legal rights but your own. This is spelled out in the UPL codes in each state. The American Bar Association Commission recommends that states consider taking action under UPL statutes when a non-lawyer activity poses a serious risk to a consumer's life, health, safety or economic well-being.
  3. In the repair of automobiles, there are the issues of contract law, state repair act...

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