Quite a number of years back I was involved in an auto accident where the driver of the other vehicle ran from the scene, injured, I was unable to pursue him. State Farm, instead of settling my legitimate claim with them, had me criminally prosecuted by a State Farm hired lawyer that was not even a member of the district attorney’s staff, saying I “staged” the accident. The most damaging testimony at my criminal trial was the engineering report (paid for by State Farm) from the accident reconstructionist. That report was full of severely inaccurate and damaging conclusions. I was convicted of felony insurance fraud, a crime I did not commit. A number of years later, after statute of limitations had expired, the real person responsible surfaced. Not only have I never received any money for my losses, I’ve never heard a word from State Farm or my former agent apologizing for what they did to me.
With the major insurance corporations, including State Farm influencing the courts, civil & criminal with insurance industry biased reports, it’s just a matter of time before all our rights are taken away from us when it comes filing insurance claims.
I’m sure State Farm has repeatedly reminded the engineering firms who pays the bills.
No problem. Same basic article with information missing and in different order. This happened with another article as well.
Of particular interest is this missing piece:
\”Kochan, in an interview, said plaintiffs\’ attorneys are taking the e-mails out of context. King \”just felt like we weren\’t doing a technically accurate job,\’\’ but she wasn\’t pressuring Forensic to change conclusions so that claims could be denied, Kochan said.\”
Another reason not to believe everything you read (or don\’t read) in the news.
Melanie wanted me to post the whole story. I provided a link but she is too lazy? to go there herself. This is the mentality of most of these people who just believe what they read and make up \”facts\” rather than do research.
Jake\’s conclusion is interesting considering he doesn\’t know the facts.
Maybe they did deny legitimate claims, maybe they didn\’t. The posted article doesn\’t prove anything and, as I said, wasn\’t the whole story.
Anyway Linda, hope you have a good afternoon and don\’t go too crazy with all these nutty posts on here.
The insurance industry, not just State Farm, fight cases like this so that they don’t set a precedence to open the flood gates for future cases to be ruled against them. Insurance policies are written by teams of, very sharp, attorneys that are only out to protect the industries green back babies from being lost in these types of situations. Any plaintiff (and his/her lawyer) who gets an insurance company into court still has an uphill battle to contend with fighting what seems to be a bottomless pit of financially backed attorneys for the insurance industry.
You want to talk about “facts”. . . I know first hand what insurance companies are capable of doing, especially if they have the judge on their side. Chances are that many of the judges who preside over many of these cases has done legal work for the insurance industry at one time or another before becoming judges. It’s nice to see that the judge in this instance has sided with the plaintiff, a rare occasion indeed.
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Ok show me>
Quite a number of years back I was involved in an auto accident where the driver of the other vehicle ran from the scene, injured, I was unable to pursue him. State Farm, instead of settling my legitimate claim with them, had me criminally prosecuted by a State Farm hired lawyer that was not even a member of the district attorney’s staff, saying I “staged” the accident. The most damaging testimony at my criminal trial was the engineering report (paid for by State Farm) from the accident reconstructionist. That report was full of severely inaccurate and damaging conclusions. I was convicted of felony insurance fraud, a crime I did not commit. A number of years later, after statute of limitations had expired, the real person responsible surfaced. Not only have I never received any money for my losses, I’ve never heard a word from State Farm or my former agent apologizing for what they did to me.
With the major insurance corporations, including State Farm influencing the courts, civil & criminal with insurance industry biased reports, it’s just a matter of time before all our rights are taken away from us when it comes filing insurance claims.
I’m sure State Farm has repeatedly reminded the engineering firms who pays the bills.
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2007/04/12/78669.htm
No problem. Same basic article with information missing and in different order. This happened with another article as well.
Of particular interest is this missing piece:
\”Kochan, in an interview, said plaintiffs\’ attorneys are taking the e-mails out of context. King \”just felt like we weren\’t doing a technically accurate job,\’\’ but she wasn\’t pressuring Forensic to change conclusions so that claims could be denied, Kochan said.\”
Another reason not to believe everything you read (or don\’t read) in the news.
Show the whole story>
Exactly what is your point here?
That State Farm is a snake trying to not pay legitmate claims
Please go to the link yourself. I don\’t feel like trying to post such a large article.
I also actually have worthwhile things to say and don\’t post articles without leaving a comment.
Linda-
Melanie wanted me to post the whole story. I provided a link but she is too lazy? to go there herself. This is the mentality of most of these people who just believe what they read and make up \”facts\” rather than do research.
Jake\’s conclusion is interesting considering he doesn\’t know the facts.
Maybe they did deny legitimate claims, maybe they didn\’t. The posted article doesn\’t prove anything and, as I said, wasn\’t the whole story.
Anyway Linda, hope you have a good afternoon and don\’t go too crazy with all these nutty posts on here.
All good afternoon to you too Jewel. Too much to do this afternoon to think about the nutty posts.
The insurance industry, not just State Farm, fight cases like this so that they don’t set a precedence to open the flood gates for future cases to be ruled against them. Insurance policies are written by teams of, very sharp, attorneys that are only out to protect the industries green back babies from being lost in these types of situations. Any plaintiff (and his/her lawyer) who gets an insurance company into court still has an uphill battle to contend with fighting what seems to be a bottomless pit of financially backed attorneys for the insurance industry.
You want to talk about “facts”. . . I know first hand what insurance companies are capable of doing, especially if they have the judge on their side. Chances are that many of the judges who preside over many of these cases has done legal work for the insurance industry at one time or another before becoming judges. It’s nice to see that the judge in this instance has sided with the plaintiff, a rare occasion indeed.