Lockridge Grindal Nauen, along with co-counsel Hellmuth & Johnson PLLC and Sawicki & Phelps, P.A., have been appointed class counsel in a groundbreaking case challenging secret limitations created by Farmers Insurance Group on the ability to use their auto insurance to treat with the health care provider of their choice following an accident. The Honorable John R. Tunheim (D. Minn.) certified a damages class and an injunctive class that together include hundreds of thousands of Minnesota consumers who allege they bought Farmers auto coverage that promised to pay for all reasonable expenses for necessary medical care, when in fact Farmers had secretly limited consumers’ ability to treat with certain providers in Minnesota. As a result of these limitations, LGN’s clients testified they were unable to treat with culturally competent providers after they were injured in car accidents, and all Class members allege they paid for auto coverage that broadly promised their care would be covered, when in fact the coverage they received was far less valuable. LGN’s team includes partners David Asp and Kristen Marttila, and associates Jennifer Jacobs, Stephen Owen, and Derek Waller, with support from Samantha Girard.