Documents recently unsealed by a California court reveal that Ultra Bond owner and president Richard Campfield is suing Safelite on behalf of the people of California for alleged violations of California’s insurance code.
Campfield filed a 2015 lawsuit that alleged Safelite engaged in false windshield replacement advertisements that harmed his business. Court documents filed by the plaintiff state Ultra Bond developed a method of repairing windshield cracks in excess of six inches in length.
Campfield said that around that time, Safelite began advertising that all windshields must be replaced if they have a crack of 6 inches or more, according to his amended complaint. That lawsuit was brought under the Lanham Act, which is the United States’ primary trademark statute, in Ohio.
A federal judge in Ohio granted summary judgment to Safelite in March 2021. While the Sixth Circuit Appeals Court is reviewing the district court’s decision, there’s yet another update with respect to the litigation.
Documents dating back to the original filing in July 2020 in the Superior Court of the State of California in San Francisco County were unsealed Sept. 1, 2022. Documents filed by the plaintiff state that “nonpublic internal Safelite documents, and other evidence, revealing Safelite’s knowingly fraudulent and deceptive scheme to inflate claims for unnecessary windshield replacements …” were uncovered by Campfield as part of the suit in Ohio.
Campfield alleges, on behalf of the people of...
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