Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. is appealing a landmark court decision in the first trial to challenge insurers for refusing to cover billions of dollars in damage from Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge. Nationwide’s lawyers filed a notice of appeal Wednesday without …
A federal judge has ruled that a Gulf Coast couple can sue their insurance agent for negligence after he allegedly allowed their flood insurance policy to lapse only days before Hurricane Katrina wrecked their home. Michael and Lucille Catchot sued …
Scientists at a new research institute are studying ways to improve hurricane forecasts and protect the U.S. Gulf Coast’s natural resources from storms, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced. The federally funded Northern Gulf Institute at Stennis Space Center …
A Gulf Coast homeowner claims State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. coerced him into signing a statement that he is satisfied with its handling of his claim after Hurricane Katrina, even though it only paid for a fraction of the …
A federal judge this week refused to block employees of State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. from being questioned under oath by lawyers in civil cases while they are targets of a criminal probe of the company’s handling of Hurricane …
At least two employees of State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. are targets of a criminal investigation of the insurer’s handling of policyholders’ claims after Hurricane Katrina, the company disclosed in court papers. State Farm attorneys are asking a judge …
The jury pool in south Mississippi has been tainted by “media propaganda” about the insurance industry’s handling of claims after Hurricane Katrina, a major insurer argued in a bid to move the trials for several lawsuits spawned by the storm. …
A company that contracts with State Farm Insurance Co. is suing two former employees who are helping an attorney build cases against the insurer for denying claims after Hurricane Katrina. E.A. Renfroe & Co., a Birmingham, Ala.-based insurance adjusting firm, …
In a blow to hundreds of Mississippi homeowners whose insurance claims were denied after Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge has ruled that they must file their lawsuits individually instead of in mass actions. Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a prominent attorney who …
In a blow to hundreds of Mississippi homeowners whose insurance claims were denied after Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge has ruled that policyholders suing their insurers must file their lawsuits individually instead of in mass actions. Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a …
