State Farm Updates

April Armani
April Armani
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Posted by April ArmaniJune 21, 2007 4:59 PM
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Attorney Scruggs files RICO suit against State Farm.

Will the State Farm/Hurricane Katrina debacle ever end? On June 20th, Attorney Scruggs sued State Farm in federal court in Mississippi, accusing the company of engaging in a "pattern of racketeering" by manipulating engineering reports on Hurricane Katrina damage so the company could deny policyholder claims. Scruggs is already pursuing litigation against the company, but this is the first lawsuit alleging violations of the civil Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization Act, or RICO. Here's the 101-page complaint.

This latest lawsuit comes on the heels of allegations released earlier this year that State Farm employees encourages certain property adjusters to alter their property damage estimates to allow State Farm to deny claims. This is just one example of the horrors State Farm's insureds have endured in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Is anyone listening?

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Rich Pyorre
Posted by Rich Pyorre
June 22, 2007 1:15 PM

State Farm will do anything to get its way, even commit perjury.I have the documentation to prove State Farm has committed perjury to the IRS. However State Farm seems to be so "connected" the IRS has done nothing about this perjury which allows State farm to avoid state and federal payroll taxes on approximately $3 Billion of annual payroll. In addition to this State Farm has been found to have breached their own contract with their own agents (Case #C050591 California Third Appellate District). This Appellate court opinion was final in approximately April 2007 as the Calif. Supreme Court refused to hear State Farm's appeal but State Farm has yet to acknowledge their breach to the agents. I also have documentation showing State Farm has manufactured evidence in another litigation (sound similar to what has been happening in the Katrina disaster?). Isn't it time to make State Farm Executives answer for their lies and deceit?

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