Miss. Lawsuit Alleges Engineer Altered Katrina Damage Report

March 22, 2006

  • March 22, 2006 at 3:24 am
    Fraud Manager says:
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    …then State Farm should be out of business soon regardless of the financial security they now enjoy. I cannot fathom that any insurance carrier would demand an engineering report be altered to permit a more favorable finding. In my 25 years of the insurance profession I have never seen such conduct nor have I ever heard a complaint from any engineering firm that a carrier would request this from them.

    The mere allegation within this complaint will strike Rimkus from the approved engineering firm list of many insurance carriers. No carrier would walk into a courtroom with any engineering firm whose credibility is questionable.

  • March 22, 2006 at 5:01 am
    Katrina Engineering Co CEO says:
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    As the managing partner of a competitor firm of Rinkus, I find the allegation to be suspect. In the history of our company doing distaster response investigation we have never been asked to alter a report in this manner by any carrier or defense attorney.

    I do however agree that Rimkus\’s future credibility will be questioned, despite the fact that these are allegations at this point-not proven facts. If Rinkus did alter their report(verses ammend or clarify based on additonal data) then they should be accountantable. If not I hope they sue the dickens out of the plaintiff for damages. We should all remember that we are all innocent until proven guilty.

  • March 22, 2006 at 6:15 am
    Roger Poe says:
  • April 1, 2006 at 11:10 am
    Hire more than one says:
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    Rimkus also came to my house and told me the damage to my house was caused by differential ground movement. They were sent by my Insurance Co. I hired two more Engineering Company\’s to also do assesments and neither found \”ground movement\”. Both read Rimkus\’ report and laughed. I have spoken with several Attorneys and all have told me Rimkus basically works for the Insurance industry and will conclude problems that will limit the liabilty of their client. Also, that they get hammered in court on a regular basis. So find another independant Engineer. I hope they not only get it in civil court, but get jail time in criminal court!!

  • April 3, 2006 at 8:49 am
    Fraud Manager says:
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    To the gentleman who posted on 4/1/2006, I am sorry you had this experience. I am a 25 year claim professional and I have never seen an engineering firm compromise their integrity for any client. If the allegations are true (and your report indicates that indeed their may be some validity to this conduct), it is my hope that the offending engineer and/or his company is prosecuted criminally. To intentionally defraud victims of Katrina is an insult and offense beyond imagination.

    Again, Sir, I am grateful for your foresight and prepared response to the insult you suffered. It is unfortunate your efforts were required.

    My apologies from an industry of professionals that do not condone that conduct and indeed finds it to be reprehensible.

  • April 10, 2006 at 11:49 am
    BRAD says:
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    This is true in my parents case. We have the cold hard facts and all suporting evidence and documents(along with several congressmen, and investigating agencies). Their case was filed 4/7/06 and I think it also named CGI. At this point I wish the insurance industry would ask for a congressional investigation to help weed out the bad apples (before one is force on them)(Trent Lott and his brother-in-law Dickie Scruggs are not happy campers) and help reinstate the intergrity to their industry. As we understand it their case and the few other you hear about are just the tip of the iceberg. We are talking a $100 billion dollar exposure from Katrina, and you think the insurance companies would not be involded in collusion to minumize their losses. This is the worst national disater in America.



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