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State Farm Reaches Settlement In Katrina Lawsuits
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2007/03/29 03:02
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| State Farm Fire and Casualty Company has reached another settlement with a Mississippi Gulf Coast couple who sued the Bloomington-based insurer over damage to their home from Hurricane Katrina. State Farm spokesman Phil Supple says the settlement with Virginia and John Roper Senior was reached yesterday. But he has no other details and terms weren't disclosed. Trial in the lawsuit was to begin April ninth. The Ropers sued when State Farm denied their claim after Hurricane Katrina reduced their Ocean Springs home to a slab in August 2005. The couple sought more than $75-thousand in actual damages and an unspecified amount in punitive damages. |
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