Supreme Court of Arkansas

Progressive Northwestern Insurance Company v. Misty Huddleston and Lane Huddleston

October 3, 2024697 S.W.3d 521

Summary

The court affirmed certification of a class challenging Progressive’s uniform practice of reducing Med-Pay benefits based on payments or potential payments from separate health insurance. It held that the legality of the adjustment practice presents a common issue, predominates over individualized damages questions, makes the representative’s claims typical, and supports class treatment as the superior method of adjudication.