Posted on 08/26/2006 2:40:15 PM PDT by khnyny
Who are the moles? The question was like a parlor game for employees of State Farm Insurance Co. after Hurricane Katrina, one they nervously played during coffee breaks or in the parking lot after work.
Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, a prominent lawyer of tobacco litigation fame, created a stir by announcing in March that two "insiders" were helping him build cases against insurers for denying claims for Hurricane Katrina losses. Their identities remained a mystery until the day in early June when Cori and Kerri Rigsby — employees of a company that contracted with State Farm — told a supervisor they were cooperating with Scruggs.
That startling admission — and their subsequent resignations — ended a risky charade. The Rigsbys say they spent months collecting reams of internal State Farm reports, memos, e-mails and claims records before they gave them to Scruggs and state and federal authorities.
The sisters, who managed teams of State Farm adjusters, say the documents show that the insurer defrauded policyholders by manipulating engineers' reports so that claims could be denied.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
The Rigsby sisters have reams of documentation and evidence, even though they accuse State Farm of shredding thousands of documents to cover the insurance company's misdeeds. Prime Time had an axcellent show covering this story last night with much more detail. Prime Time even interviewed engineers who said their reports were tampered with to show that damage was caused by water and not wind. In most policies, water damage is not covered.
Axcellent? Is that anything like sawyulent green?
an excellent, I stand corrected.
In a hurry, gotta go. Have fun.
LOL!!
these two stole confidential information from their employer, and now they're on the payroll of a trial lawyer. Real ethical gals /sarcasm
Hmmm and right before the anniversary, too..
Been reading some very disturbing accounts about State Farm and All State. Both companies have been accused of downright dishonesty, cheating, and fraud on a massive scale. It is a real pity to see these scumbags play with people's lives even a year after the tragedy of Katrina.
Who looks like they may have been engaging in fraud.
THIS COULD BE ANOTHER ENRON TYPE SITUATION!!!!
I can only speak for myself, but State Farm maxed out the coverage amounts on my homeowners, flood, and contents policies after Rita, along with the replacement cost of a very expensive boat, within 60 days of Rita. I could not be happier.
Methinks skulduggery is afoot, after all, plaintiff lawyers are involved.
I'm reserving judgment on this.
Maybe a lot of the claims did involve water damage. (saw lots of water myself)
Evil insurance companies are easy targets.
Innocent people who choose to live in hurricane alley without proper insurance are easy victims.
Cori and Kerri Rigsby.
I never trust women whose first nam4e ends in "i".
True. I suppose our concern should be, "which is the greater evil"? {IF the allegations are true.}
And like a good neighbor,
State Farm is there."
Can you imagine how that song will be rewritten?
Sorry, my friend, but if it is evidence of fraud it is not confidential.
Trotting out someone in a wheelchair is an old liberal ploy.
Sad things did happen.
Not necessarily anyone's fault, except maybe Mother Nature, (or possibly corrupt local government and their levee problem)
Ah tort lawyers involved. Hmmmmmm. We will see. I do believe they were stealing confidential info from their employers.
There is a lot more fraud by the insured than by the insurers. It costs us dearly.
Yeah, have you noticed how the MSM always picks up these big lawsuits, and always make what looks like a public relations infomercial for the plaintiff's case?
There was a LOT of back and forth between the lawyers and the producers of this program, you can bet.
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