The Texas Supreme Court has decided a Franklin County woman whose car was damaged in Dallas cannot file a class action suit against an insurance company.
Sunny Letot's restored, vintage 1983 Mercedes was involved in an accident in 2009. USAA sent her a check for $2738 then reported the car as salvage.
Letot said her car was worth much more and sent the check back. But a lawyer for USAA told the Texas Supreme Court that's not how the Texas law works.
"The statute makes it absolutely clear now that the owner of an owner-retained salvage vehicle cannot drive the car," said USAA attorney Rachel Eckery.
"It can not sell it before it gets the salvage title. The registration is invalid. The title is invalid."
The law seemed to catch some of the Supreme Court justices off guard.
The court ruled that Letot can sue USAA over the value of the car, but refused to allow her to continue as a class action case against USAA.
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