Faysal Jama v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FAYSAL A. JAMA, on behalf of No. 22-35449 himself and all other similarly situated; JAMES KELLEY; ANYSA D.C. Nos. NGETHPHARAT, 2:20-cv-00454-

MJP

Plaintiffs-Appellants, 2:20-cv-00652-

MJP

v.

STATE FARM MUTUAL OPINION

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

COMPANY; STATE FARM FIRE

AND CASUALTY COMPANY,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Marsha J. Pechman, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 13, 2023 Portland, Oregon

Filed August 19, 2024 Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges, and Jed S. Rakoff, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Rakoff; Dissent by Judge Rawlinson

SUMMARY **

Washington Insurance Law

In a putative class action brought under Washington law by drivers who alleged that their insurers failed to pay them the actual cash value of their cars after their cars were totaled in accidents, the panel (1) reversed the district court’s order decertifying the negotiation class, (2) affirmed the order decertifying the…