Iowa Code (Last Updated: December 05, 2016) |
Title XV. JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES |
Chapter 668. LIABILITY IN TORT — COMPARATIVE FAULT |
Section 668.9. Insurance practice.
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It shall be an unfair trade practice, as defined in chapter 507B, if an insurer assigns a percentage of fault to a claimant, for the purpose of reducing a settlement, when there exists no reasonable evidence upon which the assigned percentage of fault could be based. The prohibitions and sanctions of chapter 507B shall apply to violations of this section.