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State Farm Defrauded Flood Program After Katrina, Jury Finds

By Bibeka Shrestha · April 9, 2013, 8:59 PM EDT

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...

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Case Information

Case Title

Rigsby et al v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company et al

Case Number

1:06-cv-00433

Court

Mississippi Southern

Nature of Suit

Other Statutory Actions

Date Filed

April 26, 2006

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