(a) It is an unfair, deceptive, and/or fraudulent act for any person or entity engaged in automobile glass replacement or glass repair services or the provision of automobile glass products to knowingly:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-7-1114
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
(1) Offer to finance payment of the customer’s deductible on terms different from terms offered to customers not making an insurance claim;(2) Engage in a pattern or practice, on more than an occasional or isolated instance, of promising or offering to provide any credit, incentive, gift, rebate or special financing arrangement in satisfaction of all or part of an insurance deductible and/or co-payment owed by an insured under a policy of insurance;(3) Advertise, promote, or represent by any media, telemarketers or others, that services are free, if in fact an insurer will pay for the service and/or advertise or make offers for the purpose of soliciting a claim against a property or casualty insurance carrier; or(4) Engage in a pattern or practice, on more than an occasional or isolated instance of offering to defer collection of, discount, or issue a repayment of a customer’s deductible based in whole, or in part, on the availability of insurance coverage.(b) Any person or entity who suffers an economic loss as a result of the violation of this section may bring an action to recover actual damages in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the violation occurred or in any county where the defendant resides or conducts, transacts, or has transacted business.
