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Company: State Auto Mutual Insurance Co.
Penalty: $6,500,000
Year: 2023
Date: October 25, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Secondary Offense: insurance violation
Violation Description: State Auto Mutual agreed to pay $6.5 million to settle litigation alleging it failed to include sales tax in its valuation of totaled vehicles.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Southern District of Ohio
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:21-cv-05867
Case Name: Casteel v. State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Company
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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