May 31, 2013
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. on Thursday blasted a whistleblower's attempts to open discovery into 6,000 post-Hurricane Katrina flood claims as a premature fishing expedition in the wake of a recent Mississippi jury verdict finding it committed fraud against the federal flood insurance program.
May 10, 2013
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. recently challenged a Mississippi federal jury's verdict finding it committed fraud against the federal flood insurance program following Hurricane Katrina, while two whistleblowers seized on the victory to fight for a significant expansion of their False Claims Act suit.
April 09, 2013
A Mississippi federal jury found Monday that State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. defrauded the U.S. government's flood insurance program into paying a $250,000 claim from Hurricane Katrina, allowing two whistleblowers to expand their False Claims Act suit to touch thousands of other Katrina claims.
April 08, 2013
A Mississippi federal judge on Friday tossed claims that State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. conspired with two engineering firms to defraud the U.S. government after Hurricane Katrina, leaving the jury to tackle two remaining claims in an epic, nearly 7-year-old False Claims Act suit.
June 18, 2012
State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. must face a False Claims Act suit brought by two former contractors over Hurricane Katrina flood damage claims, despite allegedly improper press leaks by former plaintiffs' attorney and bribery convict Richard Scruggs, a Mississippi federal judge ruled Friday.
November 30, 2010
A federal judge has denied Haag Engineering Co.'s bid for summary judgment in a qui tam suit brought by two whistleblowers who say the forensic engineering company conspired with State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. to submit false reimbursement claims to the government after Hurricane Katrina.
April 09, 2008
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. filed several motions Tuesday in an effort to get a Hurricane Katrina whistleblower suit dismissed, alleging that two sisters who filed the suit and handed over documents to now-infamous plaintiffs attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs acted inappropriately.
February 04, 2008
The U.S. Department of Justice has refused to become involved in a whistleblower lawsuit that alleges State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. and other insurers tried to bilk the government in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.